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. 2013 Nov 23;29(3):507–513. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2701-0

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics by Task Group and by Country

Overall Balance sheet Rating and ranking DCE US AUS
n = 920 n = 309 n = 305 n = 306 n = 452 n = 468
Mean age (SD) 59 (5.6) 58.93 (5.8) 58.94 (5.6) 59.14 (5.6) 58.8 (5.8) 59.2 (5.5)
% % % % % %
Female 49.9 47.6 49.5 52.6 50 49.8
Country
 USA 49.1 48.5 49.5 49.4
 Australia 50.9 51.5 50.5 50.6
Race/ethnicity
 White 86.9 87.7 86.9 86.3 79.9 93.8
 Non-white 120 12.3 13.1 13.7 20.1 6.2
Education
 <HS 6.5 5.8 7.2 8.6 1.8 11.1
 HS grad/some college 59.2 61.8 54.8 61.1 53.5 64.7
 College grad or more 34.2 32.4 38.0 32.3 44.7 24.2
Income
 <$30,000 24.9 24.9 24.9 24.8 25.4 24.4
 $30,000–59,999 32.1 33.3 31.8 31.1 32.5 31.6
 >$60,000 34.5 33.7 35.7 34.0 36.3 32.7
 Prefer not to answer 8.6 8.1 7.6 10.1 5.8 11.3
CRC testing
 Up to date 44.9 49.2 42.3 43.14 54.0 36.1
 Previously screened, not up to date 16.3 12.6 18.7 17.65 11.5 20.9
 Never screened 37.2 37.2 37.4 36.9 33.4 40.8
 Don’t know 1.6 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.1 2.2