Table 3.
Participant demographics.
| Demographics | All Women | Cultural group | Cross-Tabulation and ANOVA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Arabic | Italian | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Number of participants | 317 | 100% | 105 | 33% | 60 | 19% | 152 | 48% | |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 61.07 | 6.89 | 60.78 | 6.31 | 59.28 | 7.04 | 61.98 | 7.1 | F(2154.8) = 3.27, p = 0.041 |
| Born in Australia | 144 | 45% | 81 | 77% | 0 | 0% | 63 | 41% | x2(2) = 93.153, p < 0.001 |
| Lives alone | 50 | 16% | 19 | 18% | 12 | 20% | 19 | 12% | x2(2) = 2.342, p = 0.31 |
| Not currently employed | 207 | 65% | 56 | 53% | 47 | 78% | 104 | 68% | x2(2) = 13.712, p < 0.001 |
| Has a healthcare card | 150 | 47% | 36 | 34% | 46 | 77% | 68 | 45% | x2(2) = 27.125, p < 0.001 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Did not finish primary school | 19 | 6% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 20% | 7 | 5% | x2(12) = 61.874, p < 0.001 |
| Finished primary school | 34 | 11% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 22% | 21 | 14% | |
| Finished some of secondary school | 64 | 20% | 24 | 23% | 9 | 15% | 31 | 20% | |
| Finished secondary school | 65 | 21% | 21 | 20% | 6 | 10% | 38 | 25% | |
| Certificate, diploma, or apprenticeship | 52 | 16% | 23 | 22% | 6 | 10% | 23 | 15% | |
| Undergraduate university | 43 | 14% | 18 | 17% | 6 | 10% | 19 | 12% | |
| Postgraduate university | 39 | 12% | 19 | 18% | 7 | 12% | 13 | 9% | |
| Health | |||||||||
| Number of comorbidities (Mean, SD) | 1.24 | 0.9 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 1.63 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 0.7 | F(2132.1) = 3.87, p = 0.023 |
| Fair or poor self-rated health | 90 | 28% | 14 | 13% | 40 | 67% | 36 | 24% | x2(2) = 56.602, p < 0.001 |
| Cardiovascular problems | 22 | 7% | 5 | 5% | 8 | 13% | 9 | 6% | x2(2) = 4.813, p = 0.090 |
| Arthritis | 96 | 30% | 21 | 20% | 28 | 47% | 47 | 31% | x2(2) = 12.916, p = 0.002 |
| Diabetes | 39 | 12% | 8 | 8% | 15 | 25% | 16 | 11% | x2(2) = 11.545, p = 0.003 |
| Depression | 37 | 12% | 9 | 9% | 14 | 23% | 14 | 9% | x2(2) = 9.787, p = 0.007 |
| Anxiety | 35 | 11% | 10 | 10% | 12 | 20% | 13 | 9% | x2(2) = 6.107, p = 0.047 |
| How well do you speak English? | |||||||||
| Very well | 221 | 70% | 98 | 93% | 14 | 23% | 109 | 72% | x2(6) = 118.631, p < 0.001 |
| Well | 59 | 19% | 5 | 5% | 20 | 33% | 34 | 22% | |
| Not well | 28 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 32% | 9 | 6% | |
| Not at all | 6 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 10% | 0 | 0% | |
| Received a breast screening invitation | 248 | 78% | 88 | 84% | 39 | 65% | 121 | 80% | x2(4) = 11.213, p = 0.024 |
| Breast screening participation | |||||||||
| Screened within the past 2 years | 219 | 69% | 74 | 70% | 29 | 48% | 116 | 76% | x2(4) = 17.731, p < 0.001 |
| Under-screened | 75 | 24% | 26 | 25% | 22 | 37% | 27 | 18% | |
| Never screened | 23 | 7% | 5 | 5% | 9 | 15% | 9 | 6% | |
Note: Results in bold are significant, p < 0.05.