Table 2 Information on and experience with genetic testing and willingness to get tested

	%^a	CI%	N
Heard about genomic testing	27.8	24.8–31.0	245
Source of information on genomic testing^b
Doctor	13.0	10.5–19.4	35
Word of mouth	30.3	23.1–34.4	69
Website or social media	20.3	16.7–27.0	52
Traditonal media (TV/radio)	10.4	6.7–14.3	24
Newspapers/magazines/brochures/other	26.0	20.8–31.8	63
Heard about genetic testing	51.2	48.2–55.3	447
Source of information on genetic testing^c
Doctor	9.0	7.5–13.0	44
Word of mouth	22.6	18.7–26.4	99
Website or social media	22.3	19.7–27.6	104
Traditonal media (TV/radio)	14.7	11.1–17.5	62
Newspapers/magazines/brochures/other	31.4	26.3–34.8	135
Basic literacy in genetics^d
Low	43.9	41.2–48.0	373
High	56.1	52.0–58.8	464
Past experience of genetic testing by a family member
Carrier testing	39.3	34.7–44.2	172
Prenatal/newborn testing	3.4	2.0–5.8	14
Diagnostic testing	1.4	0.6–3.0	7
None	51.2	46.4–56.0	239
Family history of chronic disease
Hypertension	47.1	43.5–50.6	382
Obesity	19.6	16.9–22.6	156
Diabetes	62.1	58.6–65.5	520
Cardiovascular disease	19.5	16.8–22.5	160
Stroke	3.9	2.7–5.4	130
Cancer	12.4	10.1–15.0	97
None	22.9	20.1–26.0	191
Family history of genetic disorders	20.4	17.7–23.4	175
Willingness to paritcipate in QGP genomic testing	70.9	67.5–74.1	584

^aReported percentages were calculated using survey weights and therefore differ from the raw percentages. The number of respondents reported for each variable corresponds to the unweighted sample
^bTwo cases are missing observations for sources of information on genomic testing; three cases are missing observations for sources of information on genetic testing
^cBasic literacy in genetics was decided based on the number of correct responses to a set of 8 questions; Literacy of respondents who answered 5 or more questions correctly was labeled “high” and literacy of respondents with less than 5 correct answers was labeled “low”

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