Table 1 Sample characteristics and cancer screening practices
At least one screening test in the past 3 years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample distribution | All | Women | Men | ||||
N (%) | % | p-value1 | % | p-value1 | % | p-value1 | |
Sex | < 0.001 | ||||||
women | 1,266 (55.0) | 83.2 | |||||
men | 1,035 (45.0) | 34.5 | |||||
Age groups | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
30–39 years | 771 (33.5) | 51.5 | 76.2 | 13.5 | |||
40–49 years | 737 (32.0) | 54.5 | 82.1 | 27.8 | |||
50–60 years | 793 (34.5) | 77.0 | 91.5 | 59.4 | |||
Education (N = 2270) | 0.001 | 0.057 | 0.013 | ||||
elementary school | 302 (13.3) | 55.6 | 78.9 | 23.6 | |||
vocational training | 663 (29.2) | 57.2 | 81.2 | 32.6 | |||
high school diploma | 217 (9.6) | 62.2 | 83.3 | 33.0 | |||
technical school | 444 (19.6) | 68.5 | 88.9 | 41.7 | |||
university | 644 (28.4) | 62.7 | 83.0 | 37.4 | |||
Born in Switzerland (N = 2272) | 0.101 | 0.12 | 0.16 | ||||
yes | 1,348 (59.3) | 62.6 | 84.5 | 36.2 | |||
no | 924 (40.7) | 59.2 | 81.2 | 32.0 | |||
Gainful employment (N = 2252) | 0.14 | 0.97 | 0.049 | ||||
yes | 1,873 (83.2) | 60.5 | 83.0 | 35.6 | |||
no | 379 (16.8) | 64.6 | 83.1 | 26.6 | |||
Net monthly household income (N = 2176; Swiss Francs)a | 0.036 | 0.005 | < 0.001 | ||||
< = 2'000 | 104 (4.8) | 55.8 | 75.4 | 23.1 | |||
2'001–4'000 | 373 (17.1) | 60.3 | 80.5 | 21.3 | |||
4'001–8'000 | 967 (44.4) | 58.6 | 81.5 | 30.7 | |||
> 8'000 | 732 (33.6) | 65.0 | 88.8 | 44.4 | |||
Visited a doctor for a health problem in the past 6 months (N = 2275) | < 0.001 | 0.007 | < 0.001 | ||||
yes | 1469 (64.6) | 67.7 | 85.0 | 42.5 | |||
no | 806 (35.4) | 49.1 | 78.7 | 23.4 | |||
Hospitalisation in the last 6 months (N = 2277) | 0.80 | 0.11 | 0.43 | ||||
yes | 171 (7.5) | 60.2 | 77.1 | 38.7 | |||
no | 2,106 (92.5) | 61.2 | 83.5 | 34.1 | |||
Medical treatment for a chronic health problem (> 3 months) (N = 2274) | < 0.001 | 0.11 | < 0.001 | ||||
yes | 657 (28.9) | 69.7 | 85.6 | 48.4 | |||
No | 1,617 (71.1) | 57.6 | 82.0 | 29.2 | |||
Personal cancer history (N = 2284) | < 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.031 | ||||
no | 2,165 (94.8) | 60.2 | 82.4 | 33.6 | |||
yes | 119 (5.2) | 76.5 | 94.4 | 48.9 | |||
Global health self evaluation (N = 2274) | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.06 | ||||
excellent | 276 (12.1) | 56.9 | 78.6 | 27.4 | |||
very good | 753 (33.1) | 60.2 | 84.0 | 31.2 | |||
good | 1,078 (47.4) | 62.8 | 84.3 | 37.9 | |||
fair | 138 (6.1) | 63.0 | 81.3 | 41.3 | |||
poor | 29 (1.3) | 51.7 | 68.4 | 20.0 | |||
Scale of cons of screening (N = 2297) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
0–25 | 959 (41.8) | 77.6 | 90.8 | 49.2 | |||
26–50 | 758 (33.0) | 56.3 | 78.9 | 33.6 | |||
51–75 | 449 (19.5) | 40.1 | 72.6 | 20.6 | |||
76–100 | 131 (5.7) | 43.5 | 57.4 | 31.4 | |||
Number of health related preventive behaviours | < 0.001 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | ||||
0–3 | 537 (23.3) | 46.2 | 75.1 | 26.6 | |||
4 | 523 (22.7) | 60.0 | 82.0 | 36.3 | |||
5 | 687 (29.9) | 63.2 | 84.9 | 32.2 | |||
6 | 554 (24.1) | 74.7 | 86.9 | 49.7 | |||