Table 2 Association (prevalence ratio (PR)) between GPs’ attitudes towards screening and women’s non-participation in a breast cancer screening programme

Attitude

Positive

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Negative

1.24 (1.06-1.47)**

1.25 (1.07-1.46)**

1.23 (1.07-1.41)**

1.17 (1.02-1.34)*

Indecisive

1.23 (0.99-1.53)

1.22 (0.98-1.52)

1.17 (0.97-1.40)

1.10 (0.96-1.26)

GP’s gender

Male

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

-

-

Female

1.06 (0.89-1.26)

1.05 (0.88-1.26)

GP’s age ¹

1.00 (0.99-1.01)

1.00 (0.99-1.01)

-

-

Women’s age

50-54

1 (ref)

-

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

55-59

1.05 (0.94-1.18)

1.06 (0.95-1.18)

1.07 (0.96-1.19)

60-64

1.09 (0.97-1.23)

1.04 (0.93-1.17)

1.04 (0.93-1.17)

65+

1.36 (1.20-1.54)**

1.11 (0.98-1.26)

1.12 (1.00-1.25)

Income ²

Low

1 (ref)

-

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Middle

0.58 (0.53-0.64)**

0.66 (0.60-0.72)**

0.67 (0.61-0.73)**

High

0.45 (0.41-0.51)**

0.58 (0.51-0.65)**

0.58 (0.52-0.65)**

Marital status

Married

1 (ref)

-

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Cohabiting

1.37 (1.21-1.55)**

1.41 (1.24-1.60)**

1.40 (1.24-1.59)**

Single

1.97 (1.82-2.13)**

1.61 (1.49-1.75)**

1.62 (1.49-1.76)**

Ethnicity

Danish

1 (ref)

-

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Western immigrants

1.62 (1.36-1.93)**

1.46 (1.23-1.74)**

1.43 (1.19-1.71)**

Non-western immigrants

2.50 (2.16-2.89)**

1.91 (1.63-2.23)**

1.99 (1.73-2.28)**

Distance to screening site

0-20 km.

1 (ref)

-

-

1 (ref)

>20-40 km.

1.03 (0.89-1.19)

1.05 (0.92-1.19)

>40-60 km.

1.22 (1.02-1.47)*

1.19 (1.03-1.38)*

>60 km.

1.58 (1.33-1.87)**

1.52 (1.32-1.76)**