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. 2013 Oct 5;13:388. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-388

Table 1.

characteristics of participants overall (n = 911) and by country

  Overall
United States
Australia
p-value
(n = 911) (n = 456) (n = 455)
Mean age (SD)
59.8 (5.6)
59.7(5.5)
59.8 (5.7)
p = 0.730
Ethnicity
88.0%
82.5%
93.6%
p < 0.0001
(% White)
Education
 
 
 
p < 0.0001
Less than high school graduate
7.2%
2.0%
12.5%
 
High school graduate or some college
56.3%
51.1%
61.5%
 
College graduate
36.4%
46.9%
25.9%
 
Income
 
 
 
p = 0.049
<$30,000
24.0%
23.9%
24.2%
 
$30,000-59,999
30.4%
32.2%
28.6%
 
> = $60,000
35.9%
36.8%
34.9%
 
Prefer Not to Answer
9.7%
7.0%
12.3%
 
Employment
 
 
 
p = 0.002
Employed
36.4%
36.8%
36.0%
 
Retired
39.3%
37.1%
41.5%
 
Other
24.3%
26.1%
22.5%
 
PSA testing
 
 
 
p = 0.103
within past year
42.0%
38.6%
45.5%
 
> 1 year ago
20.9%
21.7%
20.0%
 
Never/Don’t know 37.1% 39.7% 34.5%