Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the overall sample, skin cancer patients, general population, and education levels.
| Total group (N=387) | Low education (N=196) | High education (N=191) | Skin cancer history (N=132) | No skin cancer history (N=255) | ||
| Gender | Male | 156 (40.3)c | 83 (42.3)a | 73 (38.2)c | 40 (30.3) c | 116 (45.5) |
| Female | 231 (59.7) | 113 (57.7) | 118 (61.8) | 92 (69.7) | 139 (54.5) | |
| Marital status | No partner | 70 (18.1)c | 29 (14.8)c | 41 (21.5)c | 16 (12.1)c | 54 (21.2)c |
| Partner | 317 (81.9) | 167 (85.2) | 150 (78.5) | 116 (87.9) | 201 (78.8) | |
| Children | Yes | 256 (68.5)c | 157 (80.1)c | 108 (56.5) | 105 (79.5)c | 160 (62.7)c |
| No | 122 (31.5) | 39 (19.9) | 83 (43.5) | 27 (20.5) | 95 (37.3) | |
| Skin cancer history | Yes | 132 (34.1)c | 62 (31.6)c | 70 (36.6)c | - | - |
| No | 255 (65.9) | 134 (68.4) | 121 (63.4) | - | - | |
| Income | Don’t know | 64 (16.5)c | 36 (18.4) | 28 (14.7)c | 24 (18.2)c | 40 (15.7)c |
| < Avg. | 86 (22.2) | 51 (26.0) | 35 (18.3) | 21 (15.9) | 65 (25.5) | |
| Avg. | 84 (21.7) | 47 (24.0) | 37 (19.4) | 30 (22.7) | 54 (21.2) | |
| > Avg. | 153 (39.5) | 62 (31.6) | 91 (47.6) | 57 (43.2) | 96 (37.6) | |
| Age | 46.2 | 49.2 | 43.2 | 46.3 | 46.2 |
a Significant at the .05 level
b Significant at the .01 level;
c Significant at the .001 level