Table 2.
Participant characteristics for studies
| Online panel study | Student and experts validation survey | National survey | ||||
| n=498 | Cancer experts (n=25) | Non-medical students (n=70) | Overall (n=1967) |
CAM-MYCS and CAM (n=1327) |
CAM alone (n=640) |
|
| Age | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 42.2 (15.5) | 38.2 (10.8) | 24.7 (7.3) | 43.7 (16.0) | 43.9 (15.9) | 43.4 (16.1) |
| ≤30 | 31.5 (156) | 32.0 (8) | 84.3 (59) | 27.6 (566) | 27.4 (363) | 28.7 (184) |
| 31–40 | 17.3 (86) | 36.0 (9) | 11.4 (8) | 18.5 (378) | 17.6 (233) | 18.9 (121) |
| 41–50 | 18.5 (92) | 12.0 (3) | 1.4 (1) | 16.2 (332) | 17.5 (232) | 13.9 (89) |
| 51–60 | 18.1 (90) | 16.0 (4) | 2.9 (2) | 17.5 (359) | 17.0 (225) | 19.4 (124) |
| 61+ | 14.5 (72) | 4.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 20.2 (412) | 20.6 (274) | 19.1 (122) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 39.2 (195) | 8.0 (2) | 25.7 (18) | 46.8 (921) | 46.0 (610) | 48.6 (311) |
| Female | 60.6 (302) | 92.0 (23) | 74.3 (52) | 53.2 (1046) | 54.0 (717) | 51.4 (329) |
| Prefer not to say | 0.2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White British | 82.1 (409) | 76.0 (19) | 28.6 (20) | 75.6 (1548) | 76.1 (1010) | 75.9 (486) |
| White other | 5.4 (27) | 12.0 (3) | 28.6 (20) | 8.4 (173) | 8.2 (109) | 8.8 (56) |
| Other | 12.5 (62) | 12.0 (3) | 42.8 (30) | 16.0 (327) | 15.7 (2.08) | 15.3 (98) |
| Education | ||||||
| Degree or higher | 36.1 (180) | 80.0 (20) | 77.1 (54) | 26.0 (533) | 28.1 (373) | 23.0 (147) |
| Higher education | 9.0 (45) | 12.0 (3) | 8.6 (6) | 11.2 (229) | 11.6 (154) | 11.1 (71) |
| A-Level* | 21.1 (105) | 4.0 (1) | 14.3 (10) | 13.7 (281) | 14.1 (187) | 13.8 (88) |
| ONC/BTEC | 4.0 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.1 (125) | 5.9 (78) | 7.0 (45) |
| GCSE/O-Level | 23.7 (118) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 25.0 (513) | 24.5 (325) | 25.8 (165) |
| None | 4.0 (20) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 13.8 (282) | 12.4 (164) | 15.0 (96) |
| Other | 0.8 (4) | 4.0 (1) | 0 (0) | 2.8 (58) | 2.5 (33) | 3.8 (24) |
| Prefer not to say | 1.2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.3 (27) | 1.0 (13) | 0.6 (4) |
Figures reported are % (n) for all apart from mean age (SD).
*For the student and expert validation survey, this category also included secondary education diplomas.
BTEC, Business and Technology Education Council; CAM, Cancer Awareness Measure; CAM-MYCS, Cancer Awareness Measure Mythical Causes Scale; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; ONC, Ordinary National Certificate.