Table 4

Association between socioeconomic variables and the probability of cervical smear participation in 2005 and 2010: unadjusted† and adjusted ORs

Socioeconomic variableCervical smear 2005Cervical smear 2010P-trend 2005–2010‡
(n=1571)(n=1514)
Unadjusted OR(95% CI)Adjusted OR(95 % CI)Unadjusted OR(95% CI)Adjusted OR(95% CI)
Occupation0.483
 Manager1.001.01.001.0
 Farmer0.54(0.20 to 1.45)0.59(0.21 to 1.65)0.79(0.19 to 3.29)0.79(0.18 to 3.44)
 Self-employed0.43(0.20 to 0.90)* 0.43(0.20 to 0.92)* 0.68(0.31 to 1.50)0.78(0.35 to 1.75)
 Professional0.94(0.57 to 1.54)0.98(0.59 to 1.61)1.43(0.89 to 2.45)1.50(0.87 to 2.61)
 Employee0.62(0.40 to 0.96)* 0.66(0.42 to 1.03)0.85(0.52 to 1.37)0.89(0.54 to 1.46)
 Manual worker0.52(0.29 to 0.92)* 0.51(0.28 to 0.92)* 0.58(0.33 to 1.01)0.67(0.37 to 1.21)
 Other0.75(0.38 to 1.49)0.81(0.40, 1.62)0.33(0.18 to 0.60)* 0.51(0.26 to 1.00)
Income0.364
 >€15001.001.001.001.0
 €1000–15000.46(0.32 to 0.65)***0.54(0.37 to 0.79)***0.66(0.43 to 1.01)0.79(0.50 to 1.25)
 <€10000.32(0.21 to 0.49)***0.44(0.28 to 0.70)***0.33(0.22 to 0.49)***0.47(0.29 to 0.76)***
 RII0.16(0.09 to 0.28)***0.25(0.13 to 0.48)***0.20(0.11 to 0.37)***0.31(0.15 to 0.64)*0.295
Education level0.828
 Superior BAC1.001.001.001.0
 BAC0.95(0.63 to 1.45)1.01(0.66 to 1.55)0.97(0.59 to 1.58)0.99(0.60 to 1.63)
 Inferior BAC0.57(0.41 to 0.77)***0.57(0.41 to 0.80)***0.51(0.35 to 0.73)***0.63(0.43 to 0.94)*
 RII0.36(0.21 to 0.61)***0.36(0.21 to 0.64)***0.28(0.16 to 0.51)***0.40(0.22 to 0.74)*0.881
Employment0.392
 Employed1.001.001.001.0
 Unemployed0.38(0.23 to 0.61)***0.46(0.28 to 0.75)*0.42(0.26 to 0.67)***0.49(0.30 to 0.81)*
 Inactive0.52(0.38 to 0.71)***0.50(0.36 to 0.71)***0.38(0.28 to 0.52)***0.50(0.35 to 0.73)***
Complementary health insurance0.014
 Yes1.001.001.001.0
 No0.25(0.15 to 0.40)***0.29(0.17 to 0.49)***0.54(0.34 to 0.88)*0.64(0.38 to 1.08)
Basic health insurance0.677
 Yes0.46(0.29 to 0.74)*0.57(0.35 to 0.92)*0.42(0.28 to 0.65)***0.52(0.32 to 0.85)*
 No1.001.001.001.00
  • *P<0.05, ***P<0.001.

  • †Adjusted on the covariates: age, region, alcohol consumption, smoking status, close relative with cancer and living in couple.

  • ‡Calculated using a two-way interaction term composed of socioeconomic variable of interest and survey year dummy variable (2010 vs 2006).

  • BAC, Baccalauréat (high-school diploma); RII, relative inequality index.