Table 1

Demographic characteristics

CharacteristicNumber of survey respondents, n=269 (%)
Age, years
 18–2936 (13.4)
 30–4978 (29.0)
 50–69109 (40.5)
 ≥7046 (11.1)
Education
 <High school44 (17.8) *(26.9)
 Completed high school education only81 (30.1) *(38.7)
 Bachelor degree/advanced diploma91 (33.8) *(26.5)
 >Bachelor degree49 (18.2) *(7.7)
Experience with cancer screening
 Breast cancer173 (64.3)
 Other forms of cancer144 (53.5)
  • *Australian population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011 Census.