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Table 2 Sample demographic characteristics

From: Increased cancer awareness among British adolescents after a school-based educational intervention: a controlled before-and-after study with 6-month follow-up

 

Total (n=422)

Intervention (n=290)

Control (n=132)

 

6-month follow-up (n=222)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Significance

n

%

Gender

         

Male

221

52.4

162

55.9

59

44.7

 

127

57.2

Female

201

47.6

128

44.1

73

55.3

p=0.033

95

42.8

Age

         

11

1

0.2

-

-

1

0.8

 

-

-

12

104

24.6

-

-

104

78.8

 

-

-

13

23

5.5

-

-

23

17.4

 

-

-

14

169

40.0

169

58.3

-

-

 

137

61.7

15

80

19.0

80

27.6

-

-

 

64

28.8

16

26

6.2

26

9.0

-

-

 

11

5.0

17

4

0.9

4

1.4

-

-

 

2

0.9

Missing

15

3.6

11

3.8

4

3.0

p<0.001

8

3.6

Ethnicity

         

White

386

91.5

261

90.0

125

94.7

 

200

90.1

Other ethnic backgrounds

30

7.1

23

7.9

7

5.3

 

17

7.7

Missing

6

1.4

6

2.1

0

0

p=0.193

5

2.3

Knew someone with cancer

         

Yes

255

60.4

179

61.7

76

57.6

 

137

61.7

No

131

31.0

88

30.3

43

32.6

 

66

29.7

Do not wish to answer

36

8.5

23

7.9

13

9.8

p=0.644

19

8.6

School (Region)

         

A (Scottish Highlands)

124

29.4

124

42.8

-

-

 

104

46.8

B (South West England)

138

32.7

138

47.6

-

-

 

106

47.7

C (English East Midlands)

28

6.6

28

9.7

-

-

 

12

5.4

D (North West England)

132

31.3

-

-

132

100.0

p<0.001

-

-

Country

         

Scotland

124

29.4

124

42.8

-

-

 

104

46.8

England

298

70.6

166

57.2

132

100.0

p<0.001

118

53.2

  1. Note: Pearson’s χ 2 test.