Demographic characteristics of those tested for chlamydia in the past year, by location of test—women
| Characteristics of women reporting a chlamydia test in the past year | Multinomial regression analysis | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested in sexual health (GUM) clinic | Tested in GP | Tested in other settings | Tested in GP vs GUM | Tested in other settings vs GUM | ||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI) | RRR | 95% CI | |
| Women | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 16–24 | 56.8 | 50.7 –62.6 | 47.1 | 42.8–51.5 | 65.2 | 60.2–70.0 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| 25–34 | 34.0 | 28.6–39.8 | 35.5 | 31.5–39.7 | 24.6 | 20.8–28.9 | 1.26 | 0.93–1.71 | 0.63 | 0.45–0.89 |
| 35–44 | 9.2 | 6.1–13.8 | 17.4 | 13.6–21.9 | 10.1 | 6.9–14.7 | 2.27 | 1.32–3.92 | 0.96 | 0.50–1.83 |
| Country of residence | ||||||||||
| England | 90.5 | 87.1–93.1 | 87.0 | 83.8–89.6 | 92.5 | 90.0–94.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Scotland | 5.3 | 3.3–8.3 | 8.3 | 6.2–11.1 | 4.4 | 2.9–6.7 | 1.63 | 0.89–2.98 | 0.81 | 0.43–1.53 |
| Wales | 4.2 | 2.7–6.4 | 4.7 | 3.2–6.8 | 3.1 | 2.1–4.6 | 1.17 | 0.63–2.18 | 0.73 | 0.41–1.28 |
| Relationship status | ||||||||||
| Live with a partner (including married) | 28.4 | 23.4–34.1 | 46.3 | 41.9– 50.8 | 37.9 | 32.9–43.1 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| In a steady ongoing relationship | 31.3 | 26.4–36.6 | 29.8 | 25.9–34.0 | 33.8 | 29.4–38.5 | 0.58 | 0.41–0.84 | 0.81 | 0.55–1.20 |
| Not in a steady relationship | 40.3 | 34.9–46.0 | 23.9 | 20.5–27.8 | 28.3 | 24.0–33.0 | 0.36 | 0.25–0.53 | 0.53 | 0.36 –0.77 |
| Education level* | ||||||||||
| No academic qualifications | 7.5 | 5.2–10.6 | 11.4 | 8.8–14.6 | 7.1 | 4.9–10.2 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 | 28.8 | 23.8–34.3 | 33.7 | 29.6–38.0 | 27.6 | 23.4–32.2 | 0.83 | 0.49– 1.40 | 1.00 | 0.55–1.83 |
| Studying for/attained further academic qualifications | 63.7 | 58.1–69.1 | 54.9 | 50.5–59.3 | 65.3 | 60.4–69.9 | 0.61 | 0.38–0.98 | 1.07 | 0.61–1.88) |
| Student in full-time education | ||||||||||
| No | 79.40 | 73.8–84.1 | 83.3 | 79.8–86.2 | 70.3 | 65.5–74.6 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Yes | 20.6 | 15.9–26.2 | 16.7 | 13.8–20.2 | 29.7 | 25.4–34.5 | 0.78 | 0.53–1.14 | 1.63 | 1.12–2.39 |
| Area of residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 89.7 | 86.5–92.2 | 83.9 | 80.1–87.0 | 84.1 | 80.0–87.5 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – |
| Rural | 10.3 | 7.8–13.5 | 16.1 | 13.0–19.9 | 15.9 | 12.5–20.0 | 1.68 | 1.14–2.47 | 1.65 | 1.10–2.46 |
| Denominator (unwt, wt)† | 457, 265 | 650, 384 | 503, 284 | |||||||
Denominator is those aged 16–44 years reporting at least one partner in the past year.
*Participants coded as per their highest academic attainment. Excludes those aged <17 years or with foreign qualifications.
†Denominator is smaller for some analyses due to missing data: 3 women had missing data for relationship status; 60 women had missing education level.
GP, general practice; GUM, genitourinary medicine; RRR, unadjusted relative risk ratio for testing in GP/other settings, compared with testing in GUM; unwt, unweighted denominator; wt, weighted denominator.