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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the respondents

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of the statement format Decisional Conflict Scale for Mandarin version

Demographic characteristics

Decision context

Influenza immunization

Breast cancer screening

Age

Mean, SD, range

28.69, 8.732, 18~67

28.56, 10.815, 18~99

Gender

Male

25.2% (110)

0% (0)

Female

74.8% (327)

100% (238)

Education background

Lower than university

5.5% (24)

8.4% (20)

University or higher

94.5% (413)

91.6% (218)

Do you have a chronic disease?

No

91.8% (401)

89.1% (212)

Yes

8.2% (36)

10.9% (26)

Occupation

Medical related occupation

40.7% (178)

45.4% (108)

Non-medical related occupation

24.7% (108)

16.0% (38)

Not in work (students or unemployed)

34.6% (151)

38.7% (92)

Self-reported family economic status

Very poor

8.0%(35)

4.6%(11)

Poor

9.2%(40)

10.1%(24)

Ordinary

76.2%(333)

77.7%(185)

Good

6.4%(28)

7.1%(17)

Very good

0.2%(1)

0.4%(1)

Do you have a family member with breast cancer?

No

89.5 (213)

Yes

10.5% (25)

  1. SD standard deviation