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. 2022 Jan 26;23:5. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00744-5

Table 1.

Singapore public survey data

% N Literacy Perception of genetic testing Data privacy concern
Mean SD p Mean SD p Mean SD p
Gender (t-test) 0.977 (t-test) 0.397 (t-test) 0.147
Male 57.9% 324 48.8% 0.50 0.77 0.95 0.61 1.20
Female 42.1% 236 48.9% 0.50 0.73 0.95 0.66 1.20
Age (ANOVA) * (ANOVA) 0.641 (ANOVA) 0.918
21–39 49.3% 276 51.2% 0.50 0.77 0.95 0.64 1.19
40–59 42.1% 236 47.0% 0.50 0.73 0.97 0.64 1.21
60 and higher 8.6% 48 44.7% 0.50 0.79 0.86 0.61 1.20
Ethnicity (ANOVA) 0.366 (ANOVA) 0.400 (ANOVA) 0.387
Chinese 81.8% 458 48.5% 0.50 0.76 0.93 0.64 1.19
Malay 7.9% 44 49.1% 0.50 0.65 1.06 0.56 1.23
Indian 5.7% 32 48.5% 0.50 0.85 1.04 0.60 1.28
Others 4.6% 26 55.0% 0.50 0.71 1.01 0.75 1.24
Annual household income (ANOVA) ** (ANOVA) * (ANOVA) 0.341
Up to SGD 30,000 14.1% 79 43.7% 0.50 0.59 0.94 0.68 1.14
SGD 30,000–59,999 18.6% 104 48.7% 0.50 0.80 0.95 0.62 1.21
SGD 60,000–89,999 23.4% 131 48.3% 0.50 0.75 0.92 0.59 1.18
SGD 90,000–149,999 31.4% 176 49.0% 0.50 0.74 0.98 0.67 1.19
SGD 150,000 and more 12.5% 70 55.5% 0.50 0.92 0.91 0.60 1.29
Genetics education (t-test) ** (t-test) * (t-test) 0.490
No Genetics education at all 67.3% 377 45.2% 0.50 0.71 0.95 0.63 1.20
With Genetics education 32.7% 183 56.3% 0.50 0.84 0.93 0.65 1.20
Education attainment (ANOVA) ** (ANOVA) 0.376 (ANOVA) 0.936
Less than Bachelor's Degree 34.8% 195 44.7% 0.50 0.71 0.93 0.62 1.19
Bachelor's Degree 53.0% 297 50.1% 0.50 0.78 0.95 0.64 1.20
Master's Degree 11.4% 64 55.3% 0.50 0.78 1.00 0.62 1.24
PhD, MD, JD or equivalent 0.7% 4 52.9% 0.50 0.56 0.92 0.68 1.10
Patients
Genetic diseases patients 8.0% 45 50.7% 0.50 (t-test) 0.418 0.61 1.02 (t-test) * 0.44 1.16 (t-test) **
Non-genetic diseases participants 92.0% 515 48.7% 0.50 0.77 0.94 0.65 1.20
COVID patients 1.4% 8 62.5% 0.49 (t-test) * 0.76 0.93 (t-test) 0.875 0.45 1.09 (t-test) 0.197
Non-COVID participants 98.6% 552 48.7% 0.50 0.75 0.95 0.64 1.20
Total sample 100% 560 48.9% 0.50 0.75 0.95 0.63 1.20

*Indicates a p value from a t-test or ANOVA < 0.05;

**Indicates a p value of a t-test or ANOVA < 0.001