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

BMC Cancer

Table 4 Recognition of less than nine risk factors for cancer and associations with socio-economic position (SEP) indicators

	Awareness of <9 risk factors for cancer
SEP indicators	PR_unadj.(95% CI)	PR*_adj.(95% CI)
*Gender*
Female	1.00	1.00
Male	1.13 (1.05-1.21)	1.10 (1.02-1.18)
*Age group (years)*
30-49	1.00	1.00
50-69	1.16 (1.07-1.27)	1.11 (1.02-1.21)
≥ 70	1.36 (1.23-1.51)	1.23 (1.10-1.37)
*Marital status*
Married/cohabiting	1.00	1.00
Living alone	1.12 (1.04-1.22)	1.05 (0.96-1.14)
*Ethnicity*
Ethnic Danes	1.00	1.00
Immigrant/descendant	1.14 (0.97-1.35)	1.09 (0.91-1.30)
*Educational level*
High	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.40 (1.27-1.54)	1.35 (1.22-1.48)
Low	1.53 (1.38-1.70)	1.40 (1.26-1.57)
*Occupation*
In the labour force	1.00	1.00
Outside the labour force	1.25 (1.11-1.42)	1.17 (1.02-1.33)**
Retired	1.29 (1.20-1.40)	1.13 (1.01-1.28)**
*OECD-modified household income*
High	1.00	1.00
Middle	1.19 (1.08-1.31)	1.19 (1.07-1.33)**
Low	1.38 (1.22-1.56)	1.33 (1.15-1.54)**
*Cancer diagnosis within 10 years*
Yes	1.00	1.00
No	1.02 (0.89-1.17)	1.06 (0.93-1.21)
*Close relative(s) with cancer*
Yes	1.00	1.00
No	0.98 (0.89-1.07)	0.94 (0.86-1.03)
*Self-rated health*
Good	1.00	1.00
Fair/poor	1.15 (1.06-1.25)	1.06 (0.98-1.16)

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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