Table 4.

Characteristics of respondents who are willing to pass along self-edited email or postcard messages sharing CRC screening experience (n=432).

						Emaila			Postcard only				Would not send			P
						n=300		%	n=74		%		n=58	%
Age, n %																.010
			40-49			42		82.4	5		9.8		4	7.8
			50-59			118		76.1	20		12.9		17	11.0
			60-73			140		61.9	49		21.7		37	16.4
Gender, n %																.010
			Male			117		62.2	37		19.7		34	18.1
			Female			183		75.0	37		15.2		24	9.8
Race/ethnicity, n %																.365
			Black/African-American			46		70.8	15		23.1		4	6.2
			Asian/Pacific Islander			35		77.8	5		11.1		5	11.1
			White/Caucasian			192		68.3	47		16.7		42	14.9
			Other or not reported			27		65.9	7		17.1		7	17.1
Education, n %																<.001
			High School degree or less (includes technical school)			55		53.9	33		32.4		14	13.7
			At least some college			243		74.3	41		12.5		43	13.1
Marital status, n %																.561
			Married			198		71.2	45		16.2		35	12.6
			Unmarried			100		66.2	29		19.2		22	14.6
Ever had friends/family diagnosed with CRC?, n %																.063
			Yes			103		76.9	19		14.2		12	9.0
			No			196		66.0	55		18.5		46	15.5
Ever had a colonoscopy?, n %																.039
			Yes			221		70.4	58		18.5		35	11.1
			No			73		65.2	16		14.3		23	20.5
Verbal health literacy “CMLT-Listening”, mean (SD)						81.24 (13.50)			73.96 (15.11)				81.26 (13.46)			<.001
Print health literacy “CMLT-Reading”, mean (SD)						86.23 (13.72)			78.51 (15.60)				85.39 (15.85)			<.001
Numeracy, mean (SD)						79.72 (20.18)			71.62 (27.63)				80.82 (21.99)			.012
Self-efficacy “PEPPI”, mean (SD)						8.18 (1.21)			8.22 (1.51)				7.56 (1.67)			.004

^aThose indicated in the email column would send out either only emails or would send a mix of emails and postcards.