Demographic, social cognitive and social ecological predictors of intention and participation in screening for colorectal cancer

Gregory, Tess A; Wilson, Carlene; Duncan, Amy; Turnbull, Deborah; Cole, Stephen R; Young, Graeme

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-38

Table 3 Demographic associations with stage of readiness to screen and screening behavior

From: Demographic, social cognitive and social ecological predictors of intention and participation in screening for colorectal cancer

			Stage of Readiness to Screen							Screening behavior
		Precontemplation (n = 215)		Contemplation (n = 110)		Preparation (n = 51)		χ2	Non-participants (n = 184)		Participants (n = 192)		χ2
		n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Age	50 - 54	65	30.2	31	28.4	12	23.5	5.93	62	33.9	46	24.0	8.27
	55 - 59	60	27.9	33	30.3	17	33.3		54	29.5	56	29.2
	60 - 64	40	18.6	28	25.7	9	17.6		38	20.8	39	20.3
	65 - 69	25	11.6	10	9.2	7	13.7		15	8.2	27	14.1
	70 - 75	25	11.6	7	6.4	6	11.8		14	7.7	24	12.5
Gender	Male	106	49.3	43	39.4	32	62.7	7.77*	95	51.9	86	44.8	1.90
	Female	109	50.7	66	60.6	19	37.3		88	48.1	106	55.2
Marital	Married/de-facto	156	73.2	81	75.7	41	80.4	1.17	135	73.8	143	76.1	0.26
status	Non-married¹	57	26.8	26	24.3	10	19.6		48	26.2	45	23.9
Employment	Full-time	79	36.7	43	40.2	23	45.1	3.33	82	44.8	63	33.2	6.12
status	Part-time	42	19.5	19	17.8	9	17.6		34	18.6	36	18.9
	Home duties/unemployed	18	8.4	8	7.5	1	2.0		12	6.6	15	7.9
	Retired/Semi-retired	76	35.3	37	34.6	18	35.3		55	30.1	76	40.0
Education	Primary school	17	7.9	9	8.3	1	2.0	5.92	12	6.6	15	7.9	3.55
	High school	101	47.2	49	45.0	3	52.0		81	44.5	95	49.7
	Technical certificate	54	25.2	28	25.7	16	32.0		48	26.4	50	26.2
	Uni degree	23	10.7	16	14.7	5	10.0		27	14.8	17	8.9
	Post-graduate degree	19	8.9	7	6.4	2	4.0		14	7.7	14	7.3
Born in	Yes	147	68.4	94	86.2	34	66.7	13.15**	135	73.8	140	72.9	0.04
Australia	No	68	31.6	15	13.8	17	33.3		48	26.2	52	27.1
Language	English	186	86.9	104	95.4	46	93.9	6.78*	163	90.6	173	90.1	0.02
spoken	Non-English	28	13.1	5	4.6	3	6.1		17	9.4	19	9.9
Private health	Yes	144	67.6	86	79.6	39	76.5	5.69	131	72.8	138	71.9	0.04
insurance	No	69	32.4	22	20.4	12	23.5		49	27.2	54	28.1
Socio-Economic	Low	29	13.6	9	8.2	6	11.8	2.16	21	11.5	23	12.0	4.81
Status	Medium	78	36.6	43	39.1	18	35.3		58	31.9	81	42.2
	High	106	49.8	58	52.7	27	52.9		103	56.6	88	45.8
Past cancer	Yes	115	53.7	79	72.5	34	68.0	11.82**	100	54.6	128	67.4	6.35*
screening	No	99	46.3	30	27.5	16	32.0		83	45.4	62	32.6
Known someone with	Yes	117	54.9	79	72.5	37	74.0	12.68**	100	55.2	133	69.6	8.22**
bowel cancer	No	96	45.1	30	27.5	13	26.0		81	44.8	58	30.4

Note. Widowed, single, divorced and separated groups were combined into a non-married group due to low cell counts
* p < 0.5, ** p < .01

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