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Table 2 Demographic information of participants completing the survey measures

From: Attitudes to incorporating genomic risk assessments into population screening programs: the importance of purpose, context and deliberation

 

CRC (N = 108) n (%)

T1DM (N = 40) n (%)

Fisher’s Exact test (2 sided)

Sex

  

P = 0.26

 Female:

55 (23)

29 (73)

 

 Male

25 (51)

7 (17)

 

 Missing

28 (26)

4 (10)

 

Marital Status

  

P < 0.01

 Married or living with partner:

51 (47)

35 (87.5)

 

 Widowed

15 (14)

0

 

 Divorced or separated

10 (9)

0

 

 Single, never married

4 (4)

1 (2.5)

 

 Missing

28 (26)

4 (10)

 

Highest level of educational attainment

  

P = 0.02

 University degree - graduate or higher:

17 (16)

13 (33)

 

 University degree - undergraduate

15 (14)

9 (22.5)

 

 Community college, technical college, or CEGEP

23 (21)

8 (20)

 

 Secondary

15 (14)

1 (2)

 

 Professional degree

4 (4)

5 (12.5)

 

 Other training or education

6 (6)

0

 

 Missing

28 (26)

4 (10)

 

Average income

  

P < 0.01

 $0–29,999

13 (12)

1 (2.5)

 

 $30,000–49,999

17 (16)

1 (2.5)

 

 $50,000–69,999

18 (17)

6 (15)

 

 $70,000+

25 (23)

26 (65)

 

 Missing

35 (32)

6 (15)

 

Ethnicity

  

P = 1.0

 White

77 (71)

35 (87.5)

 

 Native Canadian

2 (2)

0

 

 Missing

29 (27)

5 (12.5)

 

Language spoken at home

  

P = 0.38

 English

73 (68)

35 (87.5)

 

 French

2 (2)

0

 

 Both English and French

5 (5)

0

 

 Missing

28 (26)

5 (12.5)

 
  1. T1DM Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, CRC Colorectal Cancer, CEGEP Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel