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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics (n = 205)

From: Effects of different reminder strategies on first-time mammography screening among women in Taiwan

Variable

MR

TR

MTR

C

total

p-value of chi-square

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Educational level

     

0.9684

 High school and below

22 (48.3)

24 (50.0)

23 (45.1)

28 (46.7)

97 (47.3)

 

 College and above

24 (51.7)

24 (50.0)

28 (54.9)

32 (53.3)

108 (52.7)

 

Marital status

     

0.2533

 Unmarried

4 (8.7)

9 (19.8)

6 (11.8)

11 (18.3)

30 (14.6)

 

 Married

37 (80.4)

37 (77.1)

38 (74.5)

43 (71.7)

155 (75.6)

 

 Divorced/separated/widowed

5 (10.9)

2 (4.1)

7 (13.7)

6 (10.0)

20 (9.8)

 

Employment status

     

0.9697

 Unemployed

4 (8.7)

8 (16.7)

11 (21.6)

9 (15.0)

32 (15.6)

 

 Employed with full-time job

40 (87.0)

34 (70.8)

32 (62.7)

47 (78.3)

153 (74.6)

 

 Employed with part-time job

2 (4.3)

6 (12.5)

8 (15.7)

4 (6.7)

20 (9.8)

 

Personal monthly income (Taiwanese dollars)

     

0.1536

 Below 30,000

22 (47.8)

30 (62.5)

29 (56.9)

30 (50.0)

111 (54.1)

 

 30,000–50,000

19 (41.3)

8 (16.7)

15 (29.4)

16 (26.7)

58 (28.3)

 

 Above 50,000

5 (10.9)

10 (20.8)

7 (13.7)

14 (23.3)

36 (17.6)

 

Perception of the income

     

0.4660

 Insufficient

14 (30.4)

18 (37.5)

21 (41.2)

14 (23.4)

67 (32.6)

 

 Balanced

16 (34.8)

13 (27.1)

17 (33.3)

23 (38.3)

69 (33.7)

 

 Sufficient

16 (34.8)

17 (35.4)

13 (25.5)

23 (38.3)

69 (33.7)

 

Medical insurance other than National Health Insurance

     

0.6332

 No

4 (8.7)

6 (12.5)

3 (5.9)

4 (6.7)

17 (8.3)

 

 Yes

42 (91.3)

42 (87.5)

48 (94.1)

56 (93.3)

188 (91.7)

 

Cancer history

     

0.5330

 No

46 (100.0)

46 (95.8)

49 (96.1)

57 (95.0)

198 (96.6)

 

 Yes

0 (0.0)

2 (4.2)

2 (3.9)

3 (5.0)

7 (3.4)

 

Family cancer history

     

0.9826

 No

39 (84.8)

40 (83.3)

44 (86.3)

51 (85.0)

174 (84.9)

 

 Yes

7 (15.2)

8 (16.7)

7 (13.7)

9 (15.0)

31 (15.1)

 

Delivery history

     

0.2410

 No

5 (10.9)

11 (22.9)

8 (15.7)

15 (25.0)

39 (19.0)

 

 Yes

41 (89.1)

37 (77.1)

43 (84.3)

45 (75.0)

166 (81.0)

 
  1. 1. Demographic variables with a small sample size were compared with nonparametric statistics
  2. 2. MR Mail reminder, TR Telephone reminder, MTR Combined mail and telephone reminder, C Control group