Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of sample and their association with cancer beliefs (N = 1330 adults in England).
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Total sample % (N) | CAM |
CAM-MYCS |
CAM total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % correct (95% CI) | ||||
| Age | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 43.7 (15.3) | – | – | – |
| ≤30 | 25.7 (352) | 52.0 (49.6–54.4) | 37.1 (34.0–40.2) | 44.2 (42.4–46.0) |
| 31–40 | 18.4 (244) | 52.2 (49.3–55.2) | 36.3 (32.7–39.9) | 43.9 (41.8–46.0) |
| 41−50 | 19.7 (263) | 52.7 (49.9–55.6) | 35.1 (31.6–38.7) | 43.5 (41.5–45.6) |
| 51−60 | 18.1 (241) | 54.9 (51.7–58.1) | 33.8 (30.1–37.5) | 43.9 (41.7–46.1) |
| ≥61 | 18.1 (240) | 49.8 (46.6–52.9) | 35.5 (32.0–39.0) | 42.3 (40.3–44.3) |
| Sex | a | a | ||
| Male | 48.4 (644) | 50.7 (48.9–52.5) | 38.1 (35.8–40.4) | 44.1 (42.8–45.5) |
| Female | 51.6 (687) | 53.8 (52.0–55.6) | 33.4 (31.3–35.5) | 43.2 (42.0–44.4) |
| Ethnicityb | a | a | ||
| White | 84.7 (1122) | 52.7 (51.3–54.1) | 37.6 (35.9–39.3) | 44.8 (43.9–45.8) |
| Other | 15.3 (203) | 50.5 (47.2–53.7) | 25.3 (21.7–28.9) | 37.3 (35.0–39.6) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/living with partner | 63.2 (841) | 53.1 (51.4–54.7) | 34.6 (32.7–36.5) | 43.4 (42.3–44.5) |
| Single | 36.8 (489) | 51.0 (49.0–53.1) | 37.6 (34.9–40.2) | 44.0 (42.5–45.5) |
| Social grade | a | a | ||
| ABC1 | 56.9 (757) | 55.7 (54.1–57.3) | 36.0 (34.0–38.0) | 45.4 (44.3–46.6) |
| C2DE | 43.1 (574) | 47.8 (45.8–49.8) | 35.2 (32.8–37.6) | 41.2 (39.9–42.6) |
| Educationc | a | a | ||
| Post-16 qualification | 67.0 (884) | 55.4 (53.9–56.9) | 35.0 (33.1–36.8) | 44.7 (43.6–45.8) |
| No post-16 qualification | 33.0 (435) | 46.3 (44.0–48.6) | 36.9 (34.1–39.8) | 41.4 (39.8–43.0) |
| Regions of England | a | a | ||
| North | 27.8 (370) | 52.7 (50.2–55.1) | 40.6 (37.5–43.7) | 46.4 (44.8–48.0) |
| Central | 30.1 (400) | 51.0 (48.6–53.3) | 35.7 (33.0–38.5) | 43.0 (41.4–44.7) |
| South | 42.1 (560) | 53.0 (51.0–55.0) | 32.4 (30.0–34.7) | 42.2 (40.8–43.6) |
CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation; CAM, Cancer Awareness Measure; CAM-MYCS, Cancer Awareness Measure—MYthical Causes Scale; CAM total, aggregated Cancer Awareness Measures.
a
Significant differences within category at P < 0.05.
b
3 cases missing.
c
11 cases missing.