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Table 2 Level of support, attitude and perceived social norm regarding CRC screening programme

From: The Dutch public are positive about the colorectal cancer-screening programme, but is this a well-informed opinion?

Variablesa,b

N (%)

Support CRC screening programme

 Direct question

  Low support (score <3)

28 (2)

  Moderate support (score = 3)

211 (12)

  High support (score >3)

1440 (86)

 Forced-choice question

  Low support (score <3)

192 (11)

  Moderate support (score = 3)

193 (12)

  High support (score >3)

1294 (77)

 Ranking question

  Low support (ranked at No. 4 or 5)

592 (35)

  Moderate support (ranked at No. 3)

283 (17)

  High support (ranked at No. 1 or 2)

804 (48)

Attitude CRC screening programme

 Personal attitude

  Negative attitude (score <3)

120 (7)

  Neutral attitude (score = 3)

131 (8)

  Positive attitude (score >3)

1428 (85)

 Collective attitude

  Negative attitude (score <3)

54 (3)

  Neutral attitude (score = 3)

65 (4)

  Positive attitude (score >3)

1560 (93)

Perceived social norm CRC screening programme

 Negative perceived social norm (score <3)

38 (2)

 Neutral perceived social norm (score = 3)

161 (10)

 Positive perceived social norm (score >3)

1480 (88)

  1. aTotal n = 1679
  2. bMinimum score: 1, maximum score: 5