Table 4.

The association between participants’ background characteristics and their awareness regarding colorectal cancer symptoms and risk factors (N=448)

Variable	Awareness
	Symptoms		Risk factors
	Mean score (95% CI)	P value	Mean score (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)		0.201		0.082
50–59	3.77 (3.42 to 4.12)		5.67 (5.26 to 6.08)
60 or more	3.43 (3.05 to 3.82)		5.12 (4.65 to 5.59)
Gender		0.146		0.003*
Male	3.41 (3.01 to 3.80)		4.92 (4.44 to 5.40)
Female	3.79 (3.45 to 4.13)		5.85 (5.46 to 6.24)
Nationality		<0.001*		<0.001*
Qatari	2.71 (2.25 to 3.18)		4.63 (4.03 to 5.23)
Non-Qatari Arab	4.20 (3.85 to 4.54)		5.81 (5.42 to 6.21)
Non-Arab	3.30 (2.71 to 3.89)		5.42 (4.67 to 6.16)
Marital status	0.846		0.668
Married	3.63 (3.35 to 3.92)		5.46 (5.12 to 5.80)
Unmarried	3.56 (2.90 to 4.22)		5.26 (4.54 to 5.98)
Level of education		<0.001*		0.003*
No formal education	2.00 (1.45 to 2.55)		4.07 (3.22 to 4.92)
Primary	3.55 (2.95 to 4.15)		5.72 (5.12 to 6.32)
Secondary	3.61 (3.10 to 4.13)		5.80 (5.15 to 6.45)
Tertiary	4.26 (3.86 to 4.65)		5.58 (5.10 to 6.06)
Employment		0.319		0.04*
Employed	3.49 (3.08 to 3.90)		5.09 (4.61 to 5.58)
Unemployed	3.75 (3.43 to 4.08)		5.74 (5.35 to 6.13)

*Statistically significant.