Table 1.
Participant Demographics by Intervention Group (N=632)
| Characteristic | Intervention Group
|
p-value for difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailored Telephone (N=322) N (%) |
Mailed (N=310) N (%) |
||
|
| |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 137 (43) | 124 (40) | 0.40 |
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| Age | |||
| < 40 | 19 (6) | 17 (5) | |
| 40 – 49 | 88 (27) | 64 (21) | |
| 50 – 64 | 132 (41) | 140 (45) | 0.50 |
| 65+ | 83 (26) | 89 (29) | |
|
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| Race | |||
| African American | 7 (2) | 4 (1) | |
| Caucasian | 299 (93) | 290 (94) | 0.62 |
| Other | 10 (3) | 13 (4) | |
| Missing | 4 | 3 | |
|
| |||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 9 (3) | 6 (2) | 0.46 |
| Non-Hispanic | 307 (95) | 298 (96) | |
| Missing | 6 | 6 | |
|
| |||
| Education | |||
| Post college | 59 (18) | 58 (19) | |
| College graduate | 81 (25) | 94 (30) | |
| Some college/tech | 93 (29) | 102 (33) | 0.02 |
| High school | 72 (22) | 49 (16) | |
| Less than high school | 14 (4) | 6 (2) | |
| Missing | 3 | 1 | |
|
| |||
| Risk level | |||
| HNPCC* | 81 (25) | 84 (27) | 0.91 |
| High Risk | 241 (75) | 226 (73) | |
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| Household Income | |||
| $70,000 or more | 122 (38) | 113 (36) | |
| $45,000 – $69,999 | 81 (25) | 78 (25) | |
| $30,000 – $44,999 | 52 (16) | 54 (17) | 0.51 |
| $15,000 – $29,999 | 29 (9) | 39 (13) | |
| < $15,000 | 16 (5) | 12 (4) | |
| Missing | 22 | 14 | |
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| Have Health Insurance | |||
| Yes | 310 (96) | 293 (95) | 0.54 |
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| Have regular doctor | |||
| Yes | 291 (90) | 291 (94) | 0.11 |
*
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
+
Due to rounding and missing data, percentages do not always add to 100%