Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of survey participants by DCE version allocated
| Demographic characteristics | Version 1, n (%) |
Version 2, n (%) |
Version 3, n (%) |
Total N |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | 438 | 420 | 424 | 1,282a |
| Survey type | ||||
| Web | 176 (40.2) | 170 (40.5) | 189 (44.6) | 535 (41.7) |
| Paper | 262 | 250 | 235 | 747 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 207 (47.3) | 197 (46.9) | 207 (48.8) | 611 (47.7) |
| Female | 231 | 223 | 217 | 671 |
| Age, years (n = 1,282) | ||||
| 50–54 | 72 (16.4) | 72 (17.1) | 73 (17.2) | 217 (16.9) |
| 55–59 | 88 (20.1) | 71 (16.9) | 82 (19.3) | 241 (18.8) |
| 60–64 | 89 (20.3) | 85 (20.2) | 93 (21.9) | 267 (20.8) |
| 65–69 | 96 (21.9) | 95 (22.6) | 98 (23.1) | 289 (22.6) |
| 70–74 | 93 (22.2) | 97 (23.1) | 78 (18.4) | 268 (20.9) |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 336 (76.7) | 319 (76.0) | 325 (76.7) | 980 (76.4) |
| Rural | 102 | 101 | 99 | 302 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Yes | 339 (77.4) | 327 (77.9) | 305 (71.9) | 971 (75.7) |
| No | 86 | 79 | 105 | 270 |
| Employment status | ||||
| In workforce | 176 (40.2) | 173 (41.2) | 184 (43.4) | 533 (41.6) |
| Not in workforce | 253 | 235 | 227 | 715 |
| Education level | ||||
| <Year 12 | 190 (43.4) | 176 (41.9) | 179 (42.2) | 545 (42.5) |
| ≥Year 12 | 236 | 231 | 230 | 697 |
| SEIFAb | ||||
| ≤5 | 185 (42.2) | 175 (41.7) | 180 (42.5) | 540 (42.1) |
| ≥6 | 253 | 245 | 244 | 742 |
| Born in Australia | ||||
| Yes | 322 (73.5) | 316 (75.2) | 308 (72.6) | 946 (73.8) |
| No | 102 | 91 | 103 | 296 |
| Prior FOBT experience | ||||
| Yes | 248 (56.6) | 258 (61.4) | 244 (57.5) | 750 (58.5) |
| No | 185 | 155 | 168 | 508 |
Notes:
a
Not all questions were completed by all participants; the numbers indicated above are not based on the total number of respondents.
b
SEIFA: decile ≤5, most disadvantaged; decile ≥6, least disadvantaged.
Abbreviations: DCE, discrete choice experiment; FOBT, fecal occult blood test; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas.