Cancer-related health behaviours of young people not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’): a cross-sectional study

Table 6 Odds ratios and 95% CIs for effect of NEET status No Participation in Sport^a

Variable	All NEETs Included	Economically Inactive NEETs Excluded
Variable	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
UNIVARIATE^b
NEET
No	1.00**	1.00**
Yes	2.12 (1.80–2.50)	1.54 (1.23–1.92)
FULLY ADJUSTED^b
NEET
No	1.00**	1.00*
Yes	1.52 (1.26–1.82)	1.30 (1.03–1.65)
Sex
Male	0.65 (0.57–0.75)	0.67 (0.58–0.77)
Female	1.00**	1.00**
Age	1.04* (1.01–1.07)	1.04* (1.01–1.07)
Ethnicity
White UK & Irish	1.00*
Other (incl. gypsy/traveller)	1.22 (1.02–1.47)
Access to car/van
Yes	1.00**	1.00*
No	1.31 (1.13–1.53)	1.29 (1.10–1.52)
Top academic qualification
Degree or higher	1.00**	1.00**
HNC/D or equiv (higher education below degree)	1.62 1.18–2.23()	1.54 (1.11–2.13)
Higher/A-level or equiv (upper school qualification)	1.84 (1.42–2.37)	1.76 (1.36–2.28)
Standard grade/O-level or equiv (lower school qualification)	2.29 (1.76–2.99)	2.22 (1.69–2.91)
Foreign or other qualification	2.77 (1.87–4.10)	2.79 (1.82–4.26)
No educational qualification	2.49 (1.79–3.46)	2.41 (1.68–3.46)
Limiting long-term illness
Limiting long-term illness	1.22 (0.96–1.54)
Non-limiting long-term illness	0.81 (0.64–1.03)
No limiting long-term illness	1.00*
Self-assessed general health
Very good/good	1.00*	1.00*
Fair/bad/very bad	1.44 (1.15–1.79)	1.39 (1.11–1.73)
Survey year
2010	1.00*	1.00*
2011	0.94 (0.81–1.10)	0.91 (0.77–1.08)
2012	0.79 (0.67–0.94)	0.75 (0.63–0.90)
Survey
Health Survey for England		1.00*
Scottish Health Survey		0.84 (0.72–0.97)

*p < 0.05
**p < 0.001
^aThe outcome is whether the respondent reported no participation in sporting activities (yes/no)
^bUnivariate refers to the model containing NEET status only and fully adjusted is the model containing all significant socio-demographic and health-related characteristics

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