Table 3

Sociodemographic characteristics of population and overall satisfaction with NHS cancer care, with univariate and multivariate logistic regression, n=133 265

 Excellent
nOR(95% CI)AOR*(95% CI)
Sex (%)
 Male35 797 (57.4)1.001.00
 Female39 376 (55.5)0.92(0.91 to 0.95)0.95(0.93 to 0.97)
 p Value<0.001p Value<0.001
Age group (years)
 Under 30521 (53.4)0.83(0.73 to 0.95)0.88(0.77 to 1.01)
 30–442920 (52.7)0.81(0.77 to 0.86)0.88(0.82 to 0.93)
 45–5914 745 (54.2)0.85(0.83 to 0.88)0.88(0.85 to 0.92)
 60–7436 068 (57.9)1.001.00
 75–8919 306 (56.5)0.94(0.92 to 0.97)0.94(0.92 to 0.97)
 90+669 (48.9)0.69(0.62 to 0.77)0.67(0.61 to 0.77)
 p Value†<0.001p Value†0.80
Ethnic group
White
 British63 806 (57.4)1.001.00
 Irish617 (59.0)1.07(0.94 to 1.21)1.06(0.93 to 1.20)
 Any other White background1516 (48.4)0.70(0.65 to 0.75)0.71(0.66 to 0.76)
Black
 African203 (37.7)0.45(0.38 to 0.54)0.48(0.40 to 0.58)
 Caribbean318 (37.3)0.44(0.38 to 0.51)0.45(0.39 to 0.52)
 White and Black African32 (42.7)0.55(0.35 to 0.87)0.69(0.42 to 1.12)
 White and Black Caribbean60 (50.9)0.77(0.53 to 1.10)0.78(0.54 to 1.14)
 Any other Black background122 (40.7)0.51(0.40 to 0.64)0.52(0.41 to 0.65)
Asian
 Bangladeshi33 (28.2)0.29(0.20 to 0.44)0.33(0.22 to 0.50)
 Indian381 (36.1)0.42(0.37 to 0.48)0.43(0.37 to 0.49)
 Pakistan145 (34.9)0.40(0.33 to 0.49)0.42(0.34 to 0.52)
 White and Asian43 (41.4)0.52(0.35 to 0.77)0.51(0.34 to 0.77)
 Any other Asian background233 (40.2)0.50(0.42 to 0.59)0.53(0.44 to 0.63)
Other
 Chinese97 (36.3)0.42(0.33 to 0.54)0.45(0.35 to 0.58)
 Any other mixed background80 (51.0)0.77(0.56 to 1.06)0.80(0.58 to 1.10)
 Any other ethnic group492 (47.2)0.66(0.59 to 0.75)0.69(0.60 to 0.78)
 p Value‡<0.001p Value‡<0.001
IMD quintile
 First (least deprived)18 323 (57.0)1.03(0.99 to 1.06)1.01(0.98 to 1.05)
 Second18 006 (56.9)1.02(0.99 to 1.05)1.00(0.97 to 1.04)
 Third15 946 (56.4)1.001.00
 Fourth12 622 (55.6)0.97(0.93 to 1.00)1.00(0.96 to 1.03)
 Fifth (most deprived)9817 (55.4)0.96(0.92 to 1.00)1.03(0.99 to 1.07)
 p Value†<0.001p Value†0.77
Employment status
 Full time12 312 (56.6)0.97(0.95 to 1.01)1.06(1.02 to 1.11)
 Part time6666 (56.8)0.99(0.95 to 1.02)1.06(1.01 to 1.11)
 Retired46 793 (57.2)1.001.00
 Other7730 (52.0)0.81(0.78 to 0.84)0.91(0.87 to 0.95)
 p Value‡<0.001p Value‡<0.001
  • *Adjusted for sex, age group, ethnicity, IMD quintile and employment status.

  • †For trend.

  • ‡For heterogeneity.

  • AOR, adjusted OR; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; NHS, National Health Service.