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Table 2 Demographic characteristics among symptomatic and asymptomatic respondents

From: The impact of body vigilance on help-seeking for cancer ‘alarm’ symptoms: a community-based survey

  

Symptomatic

(N = 917)

n (%)

Asymptomatic

(N = 1106)

n (%)

Sex

Male

374 (40.8)

551 (49.8)

Female

534 (58.2)

543 (49.1)

Age

50–59

318 (34.7)

348 (31.5)

60–79

492 (53.7)

653 (59.0)

80+

77 (8.4)

74 (6.7)

Marital Status

Single/Not co-habiting

336 (36.6)

307 (27.8)

Married/Co-habiting

573 (62.5)

786 (71.1)

Education

Below degree level

554 (60.4)

697 (63.0)

Degree or higher

341 (37.2)

389 (35.2)

Employment

Not working

538 (58.7)

640 (57.9)

Working

368 (40.1)

451 (40.8)

Ethnicity

Non-white

53 (5.8)

54 (4.9)

White

858 (93.6)

1046 (94.6)

Cancer worry

Low cancer worry

739 (80.6)

984 (93.4)

High cancer worry

108 (11.8)

70 (6.6)

Current illness

No

465 (50.7)

756 (68.4)

Yes

422 (46.0)

319 (28.8)

BV-sensitivity

No

470 (51.3)

622 (56.2)

Yes

425 (46.3)

455 (41.1)

BV-attention

No

438 (47.8)

539 (48.7)

Yes

468 (51.0)

549 (49.6)

  1. Column totals may vary due to missing data (ranging from <1% (n = 6 for ethnicity to 3% (n = 30) for age and current illness). BV-sensitivity ‘I am very sensitive to changes in my body’, BV-attention ‘I pay close attention to changes in my body’