Study title

This dataset panels consists of all individuals who have a health check-up (breast cancer screening examination, cervical cancer screening examination. blood pressure test, cholesterol test, dental screening eyesight test) between 1991 and 2008. A recursive probit model was used to analyse the determinants of GP visits and cervical cancer screening examinations. GP visits were considered to be endogenous in the cervical cancer screening examination. The analysed sample consisted of 52,551 observations from 8,386 women of the British Household Panel Survey.

General aims, purpose and background to the research project: In the UK, women are requested to attend a cervical cancer test every 3 years as part of the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. This analysis compares the determinants of a cervical cancer screening examination with the determinants of a GP visit in the same year and investigates if cervical cancer screening participation is more likely for women who visit their GP.