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Table 4 Demographic correlates of knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer (N = 58)

From: Knowledge and awareness of colorectal cancer among a predominantly Indigenous Caribbean community

 

Likelihood of being diagnosed with CRC1 n = 42

Know how to get tested for CRC n = 53

 

VL, L, SL

n = 22

NL, NAAL

n = 20

 

Yes

n = 7

No

n = 45

Don’t know

n = 4

 

N

%

N

%

p-value3

N

%

N

%

N

%

p-value3

Sex

 Female

18

81.8

15

75.0

0.43

6

85.7

33

73.3

2

50.0

0.47

 Male

4

18.2

5

25.0

 

1

14.3

12

26.7

2

50.0

 

Age

 18–39

8

36.4

8

40.0

0.43

1

14.3

17

37.8

1

25.0

0.49

 40–49

6

27.3

2

10.0

 

1

14.3

10

22.2

0

0.0

 

 ≥ 50

8

36.4

10

50.0

 

5

71.4

18

40.0

3

75.0

 

Relationship status

 Married

11

50.0

11

55.0

0.75

3

42.9

24

53.3

3

75.0

0.69

 Single

11

50.0

9

45.0

 

4

57.1

21

46.7

1

25.0

 

Ethnicity

 Kalinago

14

63.6

15

75.0

0.43

5

71.4

32

71.1

3

75.0

1.00

 Other

8

36.4

5

25.0

 

2

28.6

13

28.9

1

25.0

 

Education

≤ Primary

13

59.1

12

63.2

0.79

6

85.7

27

61.4

3

75.0

0.57

≥ High school

9

40.9

7

36.8

 

1

14.3

17

38.6

1

25.0

 

Household Income

 < $5,000 ECD2

10

50.0

9

52.9

0.56

4

57.1

23

57.5

2

50.0

1.00

 ≥ $5,000 ECD2

10

50.0

8

47.1

 

3

42.9

17

42.5

2

50.0

 

Health Insurance

 Insured

2

9.1

2

10.0

0.66

0

0.0

4

8.9

1

25.0

0.4143

 Uninsured

20

90.9

18

90.0

 

7

100.0

41

91.1

3

75.0

 

Birth Country

 Dominica

21

95.4

19

95.0

0.73

7

100.0

43

95.6

4

100.0

1.00

 Other

1

4.6

1

5.0

 

0

0.0

2

4.4

0

0.0

 

Language

 English only

10

45.4

9

56.3

0.51

1

16.7

19

45.2

0

0.0

0.14

 Multilingual

12

54.6

7

43.7

 

5

83.3

24

54.8

4

100.0

 

Has PCP2

 Yes

13

59.1

12

66.7

0.62

4

57.1

24

55.8

2

50.0

1.00

 No

9

40.9

6

33.3

 

3

42.9

19

44.2

2

50.0

 

Personal cancer history

 Yes

0

0.0

1

5.0

0.48

0

0.0

2

4.4

0

0.0

1.00

 No

22

100.0

19

95.0

 

7

100.0

43

95.6

4

100.0

 

Family cancer history

 Yes

8

36.4

12

60.0

0.13

1

14.3

27

60.0

1

25.0

0.03

 No

14

63.6

8

40.0

 

6

85.7

18

40.0

3

75.0

 

Knows someone with cancer

 Yes

13

61.9

13

68.4

0.67

3

50.0

27

61.4

2

50.0

0.77

 No

6

33.3

14

43.7

 

3

50.0

17

38.6

2

50.0

 
  1. 1 VL Very likely, L Likely, S Somewhat likely, NL Not likely, NLAA Not likely at all
  2. 2 ECD Eastern Caribbean Dollar, PCP Primary care provider
  3. 3 Chi-square test and Fisher exact tests for variables with cells < n = 5