Characteristics of the study population (n=370)
Characteristics | Categories | n | % |
Age, years (n=368) | 50–54 | 162 | 44.0 |
55–59 | 129 | 35.1 | |
60–64 | 77 | 20.9 | |
Sex (n=368) | Male | 173 | 47.0 |
Female | 195 | 53.0 | |
Education level (n=362) | High | 152 | 41.1 |
Intermediate | 133 | 36.7 | |
Low | 77 | 21.3 | |
Employment status (n=325) | White-collar worker | 158 | 48.6 |
Blue-collar worker | 61 | 18.8 | |
Unemployed | 24 | 7.4 | |
Retired | 38 | 11.7 | |
Self-employed | 29 | 8.9 | |
Other | 15 | 4.6 | |
Household size (n=359) | One person | 51 | 14.2 |
Two persons | 188 | 52.4 | |
Three persons | 64 | 17.8 | |
>3 persons | 56 | 15.6 | |
City of residence, inhabitants (n=357) | <5000 | 118 | 33.1 |
5000–20 000 | 77 | 20.8 | |
20 000–100 000 | 81 | 22.7 | |
> 100 000 | 81 | 22.7 | |
Region (n=362) | Eastern Germany | 94 | 26.0 |
Western Germany | 268 | 74.0 | |
Migrant background (n=364) | Yes | 40 | 11.0 |
Self-reported health (n=360) | Excellent | 18 | 5.0 |
Very good | 112 | 31.1 | |
Good | 183 | 50.8 | |
Not so good | 36 | 10.0 | |
Poor | 11 | 3.1 | |
Health literacy (n = 362) | |||
Extremely or very confident Moderately/slightly or/not at all confident | 261 101 | 72.1 27.9 | |
History of cancer? (n=365) | Yes | 26 | 7.1 |
First-degree relatives with colorectal cancer? (n=365) | Yes | 31 | 8.5 |
Related persons with cancer? (n=365) | Yes | 226 | 61.9 |