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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and screening result of survey respondents and non-respondents in the survey

From: Satisfaction, discomfort, obligations, and concerns in population-based breast cancer screening: cross-sectional study in a Danish population

 

Respondents (n = 2140)

Non-respondents (n = 860)

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

(Chi2)

Age

 Mean

59.7

58.3

<0.001 a

 50–54

532 (24.9)

264 (30.7)

<0.001

 55–59

514 (24.0)

243 (28.3)

 60–64

512 (23.9)

193 (22.4)

 65–69

582 (27.2)

160 (18.6)

Ethnicity

 Danish

2079 (97.2)

805 (93.8)

<0.001

 Immigrant (Western country)

30 (1.4)

14 (1.6)

 Immigrant (non-western country)

29 (1.4)

39 (4.6)

Education

  ≤ 10 years

595 (28.1)

273 (32.3)

0.073

 11–15 years

891 (42.1)

327 (38.7)

  > 15 years

629 (29.7)

245 (29.0)

Marital status

 Married/Cohabitant

1740 (81.4)

658 (76.6)

0.012

 Single

398 (18.6)

201 (23.4)

Screening result

 Positive

44 (2.1)

18 (2.1)

0.949

 Negative

2096 (97.9)

842 (97.9)

  1. Numbers in bold indicate statistically significant differences between respondents and non-respondents
  2. aStudent’s t-test for difference in means