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Table 5 Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and awareness and information sources (multiple logistic regression analysis)

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

Variables

OR

95% CI

Information heard: General information about CRC and the CRC screening programme

 Gender a

1.068

.830–1.375

 Age b

1.018**

1.009–1.027

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.808**

1.352–2.416

  High

2.573**

1.818–3.640

Information heard: Information about the stool-test procedure

 Gender a

1.894**

1.492–2.405

 Age b

1.042**

1.034–1.051

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.135

.864–1.492

  High

1.453*

1.065–1.981

Information heard: Participating in CRC screening is your own choice

 Gender a

1.867**

1.480–2.355

 Age b

1.031**

1.023–1.039

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.313*

1.005–1.716

  High

1.371*

1.015–1.854

Information heard: What the benefits of CRC screening are

 Gender a

1.509**

1.198–1.901

 Age b

1.035**

1.027–1.043

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.275

.976–1.667

  High

1.467*

1.084–1.987

Information heard: That the CRC screening programme is offered by the government

 Gender a

1.550**

1.235–1.945

 Age b

1.026**

1.018–1.034

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.426*

1.095–1.856

  High

1.760**

1.304–2.374

Information heard: Information about the follow-up test (colonoscopy)

 Gender a

1.493*

1.181–1.886

 Age b

1.031**

1.023–1.040

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.348*

1.029–1.767

  High

1.577*

1.161–2.143

Information heard: What the harms and risks of CRC screening are

 Gender a

1.084

.823–1.429

 Age b

1.024**

1.014–1.034

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.434*

1.033–1.990

  High

2.309**

1.620–3.292

Information heard: Numerical information about CRC and the CRC screening programme

 Gender a

1.043

.780–1.396

 Age b

1.021**

1.011–1.032

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.011

.719–1.422

  High

1.645*

1.143–2.370

Information heard: Information about the stool-test quality

 Gender a

1.019

.729–1.423

 Age b

1.035**

1.022–1.047

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.198

.820–1.750

  High

1.482

.972–2.260

Information heard: Information about the potential costs for CRC screening participants

 Gender a

.985

.666–1.458

 Age b

1.022*

1.008–1.036

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.240

.799–1.926

  High

1.095

.654–1.835

Information heard: Information about colonoscopy waiting lists

 Gender a

1.266

.735–2.181

 Age b

1.033*

1.013–1.054

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.214

.663–2.224

  High

1.139

.557–2.332

Source of information: Newspaper

 Gender a

.909

.716–1.154

 Age b

1.036**

1.028–1.045

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.419*

1.074–1.874

  High

2.148**

1.569–2.942

Source of information: Television/radio

 Gender a

1.123

.897–1.407

 Age b

1.017**

1.010–1.025

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.210

.930–1.574

  High

.821

.612–1.101

Source of information: People in my environment

 Gender a

1.314*

1.033–1.672

 Age b

.977**

.969–.985

 Education d

  Intermediate

.818

.614–1.091

  High

.920

.668–1.266

Source of information: Online (news) websites

 Gender a

.667*

.501–.888

 Age b

.979**

.970–.988

 Education d

  Intermediate

.893

.638–1.249

  High

.929

.642–1.344

Source of information: Invitation to participate

 Gender a

.868

.591–1.274

 Age b

1.096**

1.077–1.116

 Education d

  Intermediate

1.051

.707–1.562

  High

.879

.538–1.437

Source of information: Government website

 Gender a

.863

.476–1.565

 Age b

.997

.977–1.017

 Education d

  Intermediate

.943

.499–1.782

  High

.300*

.109–.827

Source of information: Social media/online (discussion) forum

 Gendera

.960

.506–1.824

 Ageb

.968*

.948–.988

 Educationd

  Intermediate

.855

.401–1.822

  High

.603

.246–1.482

Source of information: General practitioner

 Gendera

.608

.299–1.234

 Ageb

1.025*

1.000–1.051

 Educationd

  Intermediate

.548

.256–1.174

  High

.617

.262–1.456

  1. aReference group is men
  2. bAge was entered as a continuous variable
  3. dReference group is low education
  4. *Significant at level p < .05
  5. ** Significant at level p < .001