Table 1Basic survey statistics
Characteristic |
Data, n (%) |
Age (y) |
<30 |
1,306 (63.15) |
30–49 |
643 (31.09) |
≥50 |
119 (5.75) |
Sex |
Male |
728 (35.20) |
Female |
1,340 (64.80) |
Education |
Junior high school |
142 (6.87) |
High school |
416 (20.12) |
University/College |
1,383 (66.88) |
Post-graduate |
127 (6.14) |
Health insurance |
Yes |
1,700 (82.21) |
No |
368 (17.79) |
Hesitation due to consumption of time |
Yes |
1,069 (51.69) |
No |
999 (48.31) |
Hesitation due to related expenditures |
Yes |
770 (37.23) |
No |
1,298 (62.77) |
Readiness due to health as a top priority |
Yes |
1,675 (81.00) |
No |
393 (19.00) |
Readiness due to sensitivity to health matters |
Yes |
977 (47.24) |
No |
1,091 (52.76) |
Time since last general health examination |
Less than 12 months |
1,059 (51.21) |
12 months or more |
493 (23.84) |
Unknown (not recalled) |
516 (24.95) |
Table 2Estimation results for the main analysis
|
Intercept (β0) |
Wsttime = yes (β1) |
Wstmon = yes (β2) |
HthyPriority = yes (β3) |
FlwHealth = yes (β4) |
FlwHealth = yes (β5) |
Logit (unknown|less12) |
−0.053 [−0.306] |
0.289* [2.343] |
0.581*** [4.599] |
−0.107 [−0.711] |
−0.732*** [−6.242] |
−0.740*** [−5.174] |
Logit (g12|less12) |
−0.098 [−0.562] |
0.662*** [5.243] |
0.474*** [3.713] |
−0.578*** [−3.990] |
−0.354** [−2.983] |
−0.686*** [−4.676] |
Table 3Probabilities of general health examination time gaps against resource, psychology, and insurance conditions
|
HealthIns = yes |
HealthIns = no |
|
|
FlwHealth = yes |
FlwHealth = no |
FlwHealth = yes |
FlwHealth = no |
|
|
|
|
HthyPriority = yes |
HthyPriority = no |
HthyPriority = yes |
HthyPriority = no |
HthyPriority = yes |
HthyPriority = no |
HthyPriority = yes |
HthyPriority = no |
RecPerExam=unknown |
|
Wstmon |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Wsttime = yes |
0.230 |
0.162 |
0.206 |
0.152 |
0.351 |
0.266 |
0.308 |
0.243 |
0.317 |
0.245 |
0.267 |
0.214 |
0.441 |
0.364 |
0.372 |
0.315 |
|
Wsttime = no |
0.214 |
0.142 |
0.204 |
0.141 |
0.340 |
0.245 |
0.318 |
0.237 |
0.318 |
0.232 |
0.287 |
0.218 |
0.456 |
0.361 |
0.408 |
0.332 |
|
RecPerExam = g12 |
|
Wstmon |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Wsttime = yes |
0.276 |
0.217 |
0.396 |
0.325 |
0.288 |
0.243 |
0.406 |
0.356 |
0.360 |
0.309 |
0.487 |
0.434 |
0.343 |
0.316 |
0.464 |
0.437 |
|
Wsttime = no |
0.176 |
0.131 |
0.270 |
0.208 |
0.192 |
0.154 |
0.288 |
0.239 |
0.249 |
0.202 |
0.360 |
0.304 |
0.244 |
0.215 |
0.351 |
0.318 |
|
RecPerExam = less12 |
|
Wstmon |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Wsttime = yes |
0.494 |
0.621 |
0.398 |
0.523 |
0.361 |
0.491 |
0.286 |
0.401 |
0.323 |
0.446 |
0.246 |
0.352 |
0.216 |
0.320 |
0.164 |
0.248 |
|
Wsttime = no |
0.610 |
0.727 |
0.526 |
0.651 |
0.468 |
0.601 |
0.394 |
0.524 |
0.433 |
0.566 |
0.353 |
0.478 |
0.300 |
0.424 |
0.241 |
0.350 |