Table 1. Willingness to participate in personalized health research by providing health data and biological samples according to sociodemographic factors (weighted proportions).
| Sample | Population | Proportion willing to participate & provide health data & samples | Adjusted Relative Proportion (RP) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | adjusted RP | 95% CI | |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Age group | p = 0.0167 | ||||||
| 18–24 | 594 | 8.63 | [7.84,9.49] | 60.74 | [55.87,65.42] | 1.29 | [1.12,1.49] |
| 25–34 | 758 | 17.65 | [16.32,19.07] | 59.93 | [55.59,64.12] | 1.16 | [1.03,1.31] |
| 35–44 | 632 | 18.51 | [17.05,20.07] | 56.51 | [51.83,61.08] | 1.12 | [1.00,1.26] |
| 45–54 | 927 | 19.48 | [18.18,20.86] | 48.88 | [45.06,52.72] | 1 | |
| 55–64 | 1,005 | 17.46 | [16.28,18.71] | 51.94 | [48.14,55.71] | 1.04 | [0.93,1.16] |
| 65–74 | 857 | 13.1 | [12.14,14.12] | 48.63 | [44.70,52.58] | 0.98 | [0.87,1.11] |
| 75–79 | 313 | 5.16 | [4.53,5.87] | 44.41 | [37.92,51.09] | 0.91 | [0.77,1.09] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Sex | p = 0.8628 | ||||||
| Male | 2,451 | 50.09 | [48.39,51.79] | 53.47 | [50.99,55.94] | 1 | |
| Female | 2,635 | 49.91 | [48.21,51.61] | 53.66 | [51.32,55.99] | 1.01 | [0.94,1.07] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Nationality | p = 0.0404 | ||||||
| Swiss | 4,216 | 76.03 | [74.35,77.62] | 54.69 | [52.87,56.51] | 1 | |
| Non-Swiss | 870 | 23.97 | [22.38,25.65] | 49.99 | [45.88,54.10] | 0.91 | [0.83,1.00] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Number of household members | p = 0.0355 | ||||||
| 1 | 760 | 18.12 | [16.73,19.58] | 56.16 | [51.70,60.53] | 1 | |
| 2 | 1,854 | 35.47 | [33.89,37.09] | 54.06 | [51.30,56.80] | 1 | [0.91,1.11] |
| 3–5 | 2,347 | 43.65 | [41.99,45.34] | 52.82 | [50.30,55.33] | 0.91 | [0.81,1.02] |
| 6 persons and more | 125 | 2.75 | [2.24,3.39] | 42.13 | [32.20,52.73] | 0.76 | [0.59,0.99] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Marital status | p = 0.3284 | ||||||
| single | 1,669 | 35.25 | [33.59,36.94] | 59.46 | [56.43,62.42] | 1 | |
| married | 2,733 | 50.93 | [49.23,52.64] | 49.38 | [47.09,51.67] | 0.96 | [0.86,1.07] |
| widowed | 150 | 3.1 | [2.58,3.73] | 50.72 | [41.35,60.05] | 1.09 | [0.87,1.36] |
| divorced | 534 | 10.72 | [9.73,11.80] | 54.8 | [49.66,59.83] | 1.05 | [0.92,1.20] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Biological children | p = 0.2843 | ||||||
| Yes | 2,968 | 57.62 | [55.91,59.32] | 50.82 | [48.63,53.00] | 1 | |
| No | 2,074 | 42.38 | [40.68,44.09] | 57.62 | [54.91,60.30] | 0.95 | [0.87,1.04] |
| Missing | 44 | ||||||
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.7 | [51.99,55.40] | |||
| Language region | p = 0.0168 | ||||||
| German | 2,257 | 70.76 | [70.30,71.23] | 54.33 | [52.14,56.51] | 1 | |
| French | 1,366 | 24.51 | [24.06,24.97] | 51.02 | [48.16,53.88] | 0.93 | [0.87,1.00] |
| Italian | 1,463 | 4.72 | [4.63,4.81] | 55.25 | [52.54,57.92] | 1.03 | [0.97,1.10] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Urban/rural municipality | p = 0.2382 | ||||||
| urban | 3,104 | 61.04 | [59.39,62.67] | 54.07 | [51.86,56.27] | 1 | |
| intermediary | 1,086 | 21.64 | [20.30,23.05] | 54.51 | [50.93,58.05] | 1.07 | [0.99,1.15] |
| rural | 896 | 17.31 | [16.09,18.60] | 50.57 | [46.59,54.55] | 1.01 | [0.92,1.10] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||
| Education | p = 0.0000 | ||||||
| Compulsory education or less | 385 | 8.36 | [7.44,9.37] | 30.32 | [24.96,36.27] | 0.66 | [0.55,0.80] |
| Upper secondary education | 3,394 | 65.23 | [63.57,66.86] | 51.73 | [49.65,53.80] | 1 | |
| Tertiary education | 1,283 | 26.41 | [24.90,27.98] | 65.52 | [62.19,68.71] | 1.24 | [1.16,1.33] |
| Missing | 24 | ||||||
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.61 | [51.90,55.31] | |||
| Religion | p = 0.0023 | ||||||
| Very much | 695 | 13 | [11.92,14.17] | 45.58 | [41.00,50.24] | 1 | |
| Somewhat | 2,217 | 43.55 | [41.87,45.25] | 50.43 | [47.84,53.01] | 1.06 | [0.94,1.18] |
| Not at all | 2,138 | 43.45 | [41.76,45.15] | 59.37 | [56.78,61.91] | 1.17 | [1.04,1.30] |
| Missing | 36 | ||||||
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.69 | [51.98,55.39] | |||
| Working in health sector? | p = 0.0001 | ||||||
| Yes | 1,010 | 20.17 | [18.83,21.57] | 62.15 | [58.37,65.78] | 1 | |
| No | 4,063 | 79.83 | [78.43,81.17] | 51.39 | [49.47,53.29] | 0.86 | [0.80,0.93] |
| Missing | 13 | ||||||
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.55 | [51.85,55.25] | |||
| Health status | p = 0.5630 | ||||||
| Very unhealthy | 61 | 0.76 | [0.53,1.10] | 49.65 | [32.40,66.99] | 1 | |
| Somewhat unhealthy | 115 | 2.02 | [1.62,2.52] | 47.4 | [36.44,58.61] | 1.05 | [0.68,1.61] |
| Neutral | 661 | 13.51 | [12.38,14.73] | 52.05 | [47.36,56.70] | 1.04 | [0.72,1.51] |
| Somewhat healthy | 2,578 | 47.13 | [45.45,48.82] | 53.39 | [50.95,55.81] | 1 | [0.70,1.44] |
| Very healthy | 1,643 | 36.57 | [34.93,38.24] | 55.18 | [52.28,58.05] | 0.96 | [0.67,1.38] |
| Missing | 28 | ||||||
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.72 | [52.01,55.42] | |||
| Type of response | p = 0.0000 | ||||||
| Web-based | 3,519 | 71.04 | [69.50,72.54] | 57.03 | [55.00,59.03] | 1 | |
| Paper-based | 1,567 | 28.96 | [27.46,30.50] | 44.87 | [41.79,48.00] | 0.83 | [0.77,0.90] |
| Total | 5,086 | 100 | 53.57 | [51.86,55.26] | |||