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Table 4 Descriptive characteristics for the balanced panels of breast and cervical cancer screening in Great Britain. Sample characteristics for the balanced sample of women from 1992 to 2008

From: Breast and cervical cancer screening in Great Britain: Dynamic interrelated processes

Health check-up

Frequency or mean/SD

Total equivalised and deflated HH annual income (mean/SD)

3.10/(1.84)

Living with partner

0.72

Number of children in household (mean/SD)

0.52/(0.92)

Secondary education (ISCED)

0.42

Tertiary education (ISCED)

0.32

Employed part-time or full-time

0.52

GP visit during last 12 months

0.80

Health status good

0.47

Health status fair

0.23

Health status poor

0.07

Health status very poor

0.02

Status smoking

0.17

Moved residence within Great Britain

0.05

Region Scotland

0.08

Region Wales

0.05

Ethnic non-white

0.01

Age (mean/SD)

51.05/(15.57)

  1. Source: BHPS. Balanced panels consisted for breast cancer screening of 844 women from 11,816 observations