Table 2.
Demographic characteristics among symptomatic and asymptomatic respondents
| Symptomatic (N = 917) n (%) |
Asymptomatic (N = 1106) n (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 374 (40.8) | 551 (49.8) |
| Female | 534 (58.2) | 543 (49.1) | |
| Age | 50–59 | 318 (34.7) | 348 (31.5) |
| 60–79 | 492 (53.7) | 653 (59.0) | |
| 80+ | 77 (8.4) | 74 (6.7) | |
| Marital Status | Single/Not co-habiting | 336 (36.6) | 307 (27.8) |
| Married/Co-habiting | 573 (62.5) | 786 (71.1) | |
| Education | Below degree level | 554 (60.4) | 697 (63.0) |
| Degree or higher | 341 (37.2) | 389 (35.2) | |
| Employment | Not working | 538 (58.7) | 640 (57.9) |
| Working | 368 (40.1) | 451 (40.8) | |
| Ethnicity | Non-white | 53 (5.8) | 54 (4.9) |
| White | 858 (93.6) | 1046 (94.6) | |
| Cancer worry | Low cancer worry | 739 (80.6) | 984 (93.4) |
| High cancer worry | 108 (11.8) | 70 (6.6) | |
| Current illness | No | 465 (50.7) | 756 (68.4) |
| Yes | 422 (46.0) | 319 (28.8) | |
| BV-sensitivity | No | 470 (51.3) | 622 (56.2) |
| Yes | 425 (46.3) | 455 (41.1) | |
| BV-attention | No | 438 (47.8) | 539 (48.7) |
| Yes | 468 (51.0) | 549 (49.6) |
Column totals may vary due to missing data (ranging from <1% (n = 6 for ethnicity to 3% (n = 30) for age and current illness). BV-sensitivity ‘I am very sensitive to changes in my body’, BV-attention ‘I pay close attention to changes in my body’