Who or what is to blame? Examining sociodemographic relationships to beliefs about causes, control, and responsibility for cancer and chronic disease prevention in Alberta, Canada

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

Demographic	Overall (N = 1200)
Age (mean years [SD])^a	53.12 (16.04)
Age categories (%)
18–29 years	104 (8.8)
30–39 years	154 (13.0)
40–49 years	205 (17.3)
50–59 years	270 (22.7)
60–69 years	272 (22.9)
70+ years	182 (15.3)
Sex (%)^e
Woman	609 (50.8)
Man	591 (49.3)
Education (%)^b
Up to Post-Secondary Education	472 (39.7)
Post-Secondary Graduate	716 (60.3)
Employment (%)^c
Full Time	486 (40.6)
Other than Full Time	711 (59.4)
Federal Vote (%)^d
Right	454 (56.4)
Centre	275 (34.2)
Left	76 (9.4)
Provincial Vote (%)ⁱ
Right	510 (60.4)
Centre	105 (12.4)
Left	230 (27.2)
Health (%)^f
Good or Better	1024 (85.4)
Fair or Worse	175 (14.6)
Household Income (%)^g
Below Median (<$70,000)	383 (36.6)
Above Median (≥$70,000)	663 (63.4)
Household Size (%)^h
Single Person Household	233 (19.5)
Two Person Household	442 (37.0)
Three Person Household	187 (15.7)
Four Plus Person Household	332 (27.8)
Population Centre (%)^e
Outside	400 (33.3)
Inside	800 (66.7)

Note: Total percent may not sum to 100 due to rounding
^a missingness: n = 13 (1.1%)
^b missingness: n = 12 (1.0%)
^c missingness: n = 3 (0.3%)
^d missingness: n = 395 (32.9%)
^e missingness: n = 0 (0%)
^f missingness: n = 1 (0.1%)
^g missingness: n = 154 (12.8%)
^h missingness: n = 6 (0.5%)
ⁱ missingness: n = 355 (29.6%)

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