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Table 2 Respondent characteristics

From: Public awareness of risk factors for cancer among the Japanese general population: A population-based survey

 

Total

Male

Female

 

Number

%

(SE)

Number

%

(SE)

Number

%

(SE)

Total

1355

100

 

609

44.9

 

746

55.1

 

Educational status

         

   Junior high school

202

14.9

(1.0)

93

15.3

(1.5)

109

14.6

(1.3)

   Senior high school

693

51.2

(1.4)

273

44.9

(2.0)

420

56.3

(1.8)

   College or higher

459

33.9

(1.3)

242

39.8

(2.0)

217

29.1

(1.7)

Occupation

         

   Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

35

2.6

(0.4)

17

2.8

(0.7)

18

2.4

(0.6)

   Labor

276

20.4

(1.1)

127

20.9

(1.6)

149

20.0

(1.5)

   Service, clerk, management, others

659

48.6

(1.4)

439

72.1

(1.8)

220

29.5

(1.7)

   Homemaker

351

25.9

(1.2)

0

0.0

(0.0)

351

47.1

(1.8)

   Student

34

2.5

(0.4)

26

4.3

(0.8)

8

1.1

(0.4)

Habitual smoking

         

   Never

724

53.4

(1.4)

158

25.9

(1.8)

566

75.9

(1.6)

   Former

256

18.9

(1.1)

186

30.5

(1.9)

70

9.4

(1.1)

   Current (<20 cigarettes per day)

245

18.1

(1.0)

149

24.5

(1.7)

96

12.9

(1.2)

   Current (≥20 cigarettes per day)

130

9.6

(0.8)

116

19.0

(1.6)

14

1.9

(0.5)

Habitual drinking

         

   Never

640

47.2

(1.4)

177

29.1

(1.8)

463

62.1

(1.8)

   Former

34

2.5

(0.4)

19

3.1

(0.7)

15

2.0

(0.5)

   Current (≤4 times per week)

423

31.2

(1.3)

209

34.3

(1.9)

214

28.7

(1.7)

   Current (almost everyday)

258

19.1

(1.1)

204

33.5

(1.9)

54

7.2

(0.9)

  1. SE: Standard error