Cancer awareness and socio-economic position: results from a population-based study in Denmark

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Recognition of less than nine symptoms of cancer and associations with socio-economic position (SEP) indicators

	Awareness of <9 symptoms of cancer
SEP indicators	PR_unadj.(95% CI)	PR*_adj.(95% CI)
*Gender*
Female	1.00	1.00
Male	1.34 (1.24-1.46)	1.30 (1.20-1.41)
*Age group (years)*
30-49	1.00	1.00
50-69	0.92 (0.84-1.01)	0.86 (0.78-0.94)
≥ 70	1.08 (0.96-1.21)	0.94 (0.83-1.06)
*Marital status*
Married/cohabiting	1.00	1.00
Living alone	1.08 (0.98-1.18)	1.08 (0.98-1.18)
*Ethnicity*
Ethnic Danes	1.00	1.00
Immigrant/descendant	1.36 (1.16-1.60)	1.28 (1.08-1.50)
*Educational level*
High	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.51 (1.36-1.69)	1.45 (1.30-1.62)
Low	1.58 (1.40-1.79)	1.57 (1.39-1.78)
*Occupation*
In the labour force	1.00	1.00
Outside the labour force	1.21 (1.05-1.39)	1.27 (1.11-1.46)**
Retired	1.08 (0.98-1.19)	1.13 (0.99-1.29)**
*OECD-modified household income*
High	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.22 (1.09-1.36)	1.19 (1.07-1.33)**
Low	1.32 (1.14-1.53)	1.33 (1.15-1.54)**
*Cancer diagnosis within 10 years*
Yes	1.00	1.00
No	1.02 (0.88-1.19)	1.07 (0.92-1.25)
*Close relative(s) with cancer*
Yes	1.00	1.00
No	1.22 (1.12-1.34)	1.17 (1.07-1.28)
*Self-rated health*
Good	1.00	1.00
Fair/poor	1.10 (1.00-1.21)	1.02 (0.93-1.13)

Note: Prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Numbers in bold are significant results.
*Adjusted for gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, educational level, cancer diagnosis within the past 10 years, close relative(s) with cancer and self-rated health.
**Not adjusted for educational level due to intermediary associations between the variables.

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