Table 2 Logistic regression results of odds of being a cancer survivor among middle-aged and older adults (45+) in India, LASI Wave 1, 2017–18
Age groups | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
 45–54 | 1 |
 55–64 | 1.12 (0.75 1.67) |
 65–74 | 0.83 (0.51 1.34) |
 75+ | 1.13 (0.67 1.90) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 1 |
 Urban | 1.29 (0.87 1.92) |
Sex | |
 Male | 1 |
 Female | 1.41 (0.96 2.07) |
Marital status | |
 Currently married | 1 |
 Others | 0.96 (0.66 1.40) |
Caste | |
 Scheduled tribe | 1 |
 Scheduled caste | 1.54 (0.76 3.12) |
 Other backward class | 1.34 (0.74 2.45) |
 None of them | 1.69 (0.91 3.11) |
Religion | |
 Hindu | 1 |
 Muslim | 0.99 (0.62 1.57) |
 Christian | 1.62 (0.89 2.93) |
 Others | 1.23 (0.62 2.43) |
Education | |
 Less than primary or primary | 1 |
 Middle/higher secondary | 0.80 (0.54 1.19) |
 College or above | 0.94 (0.46 1.92) |
Work status | |
 Never worked | 1 |
 Worked in the past but currently not working | 1.70***(1.21 2.38) |
 Currently working | 1.09 (0.70 1.72) |
Expenditure quintile | |
 Lowest | 1 |
 Second | 1.06 (0.56 1.99) |
 Middle | 1.11 (0.60 2.05) |
 Fourth | 1.81 (0.96 3.42) |
 Highest | 2.67**(1.48 4.81) |
Family history of cancer | |
 No | 1 |
 Yes | 3.30***(2.21 4.93) |
Region | |
 North | 1 |
 Central | 0.75(0.45, 1.25) |
 East | 1.41 (0.91, 2.17) |
 Northeast | 0.88 (0.50, 1.55) |
 West | 1.65**(1.03, 2.64) |
 South | 0.67 (0.41, 1.10) |