Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents and p-values from chi-square tests comparing the pre and post waves.
Wave | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | ||
N = 3269 | N = 1500 | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 41.6% | 47.6% | <0.001 |
Female | 58.4% | 52.4% | |
Age | |||
18–24 years | 7.7% | 9.7% | 0.116 |
25–34 years | 14.0% | 13.1% | |
35–44 years | 19.0% | 19.6% | |
45–54 years | 18.9% | 20.1% | |
55–64 years | 16.1% | 15.0% | |
≥65 years | 24.4% | 22.6% | |
Socioeconomic position | |||
GROUP I. Directors and managers of establishments with 10 or more employees and professionals traditionally associated with university degrees | 13.0% | 11.6% | 0.051 |
GROUP II. Directors and managers of establishments with fewer than 10 employees and professionals traditionally associated with university degrees | 17.2% | 15.9% | |
GROUP III. Intermediate occupations: employees of the administrative type and professionals supporting administrative management | 19.2% | 21.2% | |
GROUP IV. Free-lancers/self-employed | 1.5% | 1.4% | |
GROUP V. Supervisors and workers in qualified technical occupations | 8.8% | 10.1% | |
GROUP VI. Qualified workers of the primary sector and other semi-qualified workers | 28.6% | 25.6% | |
Group VII. Unskilled workers | 11.8% | 14.2% | |
Civil status | |||
Married or cohabiting | 52.5% | 47.9% | 0.038 |
Single | 31.7% | 36.1% | |
Separated or divorced | 8.1% | 8.5% | |
Widowed | 7.2% | 7.2% | |
Other | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
Personal cancer history | |||
No | 90.6% | 91.1% | 0.628 |
Yes | 9.4% | 8.9% | |
Close family member with cancer | |||
No | 26.3% | 24.5% | 0.176 |
Yes | 73.7% | 75.5% | |
