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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of those who were sent the DVD compared with those who were not

From: A targeted promotional DVD fails to improve Māori and Pacific participation rates in the New Zealand bowel screening pilot: results from a pseudo-randomised controlled trial

 

Māori

Pacific

 

N

Sent DVD

Not sent DVD

Sent DVD %

p*

N

Sent DVD

Not sent DVD

Sent DVD %

p*

Gender

    

0.08

    

0.60

 Male

939

390

549

41.5%

 

1304

589

715

45.2%

 

 Female

1377

622

755

45.2%

 

1604

740

864

46.1%

 

 Missing

17

17

0

  

30

30

0

  

Age

    

0.24

    

0.92

 50–54

909

413

496

45.4%

 

995

459

536

46.1%

 

 55–59

642

270

372

42.1%

 

732

326

406

44.5%

 

 60–64

391

178

213

45.5%

 

560

263

297

47.0%

 

 65–69

249

106

143

42.6%

 

365

164

201

44.9%

 

 70+

125

45

80

36.0%

 

256

117

139

45.7%

 

 Missing

17

17

0

  

30

30

0

  

Deprivation Quintile

    

0.34

    

0.80

 Q1 (least)

284

110

174

38.7%

 

155

71

84

45.8%

 

 Q2

348

158

190

45.4%

 

256

112

144

43.8%

 

 Q3

454

195

259

43.0%

 

515

227

288

44.1%

 

 Q4

603

274

329

45.4%

 

964

453

511

47.0%

 

 Q5 (most)

402

183

219

45.5%

 

754

349

405

46.3%

 

 Missing

242

109

133

  

294

147

147

  

Total

2333

1029

1304

44.1%

 

2938

1359

1579

46.3%

 
  1. *Chi square probability testing for no difference in the proportions sent DVD. Missing values were excluded from the significance tests