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Table 4 Numbers and percentages of participants excluded from the full sample of 2111 participants, for each analysis of screening information

From: A cross-sectional survey assessing factors associated with reading cancer screening information: previous screening behaviour, demographics and decision-making style

 

n (%)

Reason for exclusion

Breast

Cervical

Bowel

Inapplicable gender

989 (46.8)

989 (46.8)

N/A

Older or younger than eligible age range

717 34.0)

281 (13.3)

1647 (78.0)

Previous diagnosis of relevant cancer

19 (0.9)

17 (0.8)

2 (0.1)

Non-ordinal highest level of education

33 (1.6)

81 (3.8)

55 (2.6)

No previous screening invitation

35 (1.7)

72 (3.4)

66 (3.1)

Did not see the screening information leaflet at last invitation

16 (0.8)

57 (2.7)

9 (0.4)

Missing data on either dependent or independent variables

27 (1.3)

58 (2.7)

23 (1.1)

Total excluded

1836 (87.0)

1555 (73.7)

1802 (85.4)

Total analysed

275

556

309