Table 4

Marginal effects and SEs for main predictors of uptake for health check-ups in the UK

Health check-upBreast cancer screeningCervical cancer screeningBlood pressure checkCholesterol testDental screeningEyesight test
Health check-up 1 year before (t−1)0.017 (0.007)0.051 (0.009)0.125 (0.007)0.149 (0.006)0.182 (0.009)0.066 (0.011)
Health check-up 2 years before (t−2)−0.004 (0.007)−0.065 (0.009)0.054 (0.007)0.055 (0.006)0.070 (0.009)0.094 (0.011)
Health check-up 3 years before (t−3)0.123 (0.007)0.126 (0.008)0.040 (0.007)0.037 (0.006)0.047 (0.009)0.027 (0.011)
HH income0.001 (0.002)0.001 (0.003)0.001 (0.003)0.001 (0.002)−0.004 (0.003)−0.006 (0.004)
Living with partner0.006 (0.018)0.028 (0.019)0.016 (0.015)−0.006 (0.012)0.038 (0.017)−0.016 (0.023)
Number of children in HH−0.021 (0.007)−0.000 (0.007)−0.024 (0.006)−0.001 (0.005)0.000 (0.008)−0.002 (0.010)
Secondary education (ISCED)0.099 (0.064)0.040 (0.084)0.024 (0.052)−0.073 (0.050)0.305 (0.080)0.066 (0.089)
Tertiary education (ISCED)0.088 (0.079)0.053 (0.093)0.029 (0.059)−0.103 (0.054)0.283 (0.084)0.043 (0.097)
Employed−0.031 (0.010)0.013 (0.012)−0.025 (0.011)−0.022 (0.009)−0.010 (0.014)−0.025 (0.017)
GP visit during past 12 months0.029 (0.009)0.095 (0.011)0.259 (0.008)0.104 (0.007)0.017 (0.010)0.019 (0.013)
Health status self-rated good0.010 (0.010)−0.009 (0.011)0.020 (0.009)0.007 (0.008)−0.006 (0.012)0.018 (0.016)
Health status self-rated fair0.003 (0.012)−0.008 (0.014)0.076 (0.012)0.029 (0.009)−0.012 (0.014)0.038 (0.019)
Health status self-rated poor−0.000 (0.015)−0.012 (0.020)0.126 (0.016)0.045 (0.011)−0.033 (0.019)0.054 (0.025)
Health status self-rated very poor0.005 (0.023)−0.057 (0.032)0.167 (0.030)0.070 (0.017)0.044 (0.028)0.020 (0.038)
Smoking−0.033 (0.019)0.030 (0.022)−0.063 (0.017)−0.029 (0.012)−0.032 (0.018)−0.016 (0.025)
Moved residence0.007 (0.014)−0.012 (0.015)0.036 (0.013)0.004 (0.010)−0.035 (0.015)−0.020 (0.022)
Scotland0.002 (0.013)0.006 (0.017)0.012 (0.014)0.004 (0.009)0.005 (0.018)0.005 (0.026)
Wales0.024 (0.015)−0.029 (0.021)−0.016 (0.017)−0.006 (0.011)−0.021 (0.026)−0.008 (0.029)
Ethnic origin non-white0.030 (0.031)−0.055 (0.042)0.036 (0.037)−0.012 (0.023)−0.036 (0.048)−0.067 (0.059)
Age 50–640.099 (0.007)0.042 (0.015)
Age 65–70−0.101 (0.014)
Age 71 and older−0.177 (0.015)
Age 20–240.104 (0.039)
Age 25–490.073 (0.019)
Age 65 and older−0.180 (0.019)
Age 40–490.036 (0.011)0.070 (0.006)0.025 (0.015)0.081 (0.017)
Age 50–590.099 (0.017)0.142 (0.010)0.018 (0.023)0.120 (0.027)
Age 60–690.159 (0.023)0.247 (0.018)0.002 (0.031)0.147 (0.036)
Age 70–790.215 (0.028)0.292 (0.026)−0.028 (0.040)0.195 (0.047)
Age 80 and older0.264 (0.034)0.366 (0.037)−0.074 (0.052)0.200 (0.058)
Female sex0.023 (0.008)−0.024 (0.005)0.020 (0.011)0.044 (0.015)
Health problem blood pressure0.225 (0.012)0.089 (0.007)
Health problem diabetes0.111 (0.030)0.132 (0.016)0.294 (0.033)
Health problems eyesight0.111 (0.024
Breast cancer screening policy change0.079 (0.016)
Cervical cancer screening policy change−0.025 (0.010)
Dental policy change0.013 (0.010)
  • GP, general practitioner; HH, household; ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education.