What Would Make Getting Colorectal Cancer Screening Easier? Perspectives from Screeners and Nonscreeners

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of survey respondents (𝑁=1026) reporting barriers (𝑁=625), “no” or “nothing” (𝑁=320), or no comment (𝑁=81) on the 6-month followup survey.

	Reported barriers (𝑛=625)		No, nothing (𝑛=320)		No comment (𝑛=81)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Gender
Females	367	58.7	184	57.5	45	55.6
Males	258	41.3	136	42.5	36	44.4
Race/ethnicity
African-American	273	43.7	164	51.3	35	43.2
Hispanic	74	11.8	22	6.9	7	8.6
White	242	38.7	119	37.2	33	40.7
Other, unreported	36	5.8	15	4.7	6	7.4
Age group
50–59	497	79.8	261	81.6	63	77.8
60+	128	20.5	59	18.4	18	22.2
Married
Yes	382	61.1	200	62.5	54	66.7
No	239	38.2	119	37.2	27	33.3
Unreported	4	0.6	1	0.3	0	—
Employed
Yes	508	81.3	253	79.1	64	79.0
No	114	18.2	64	20.0	16	19.8
Unreported	3	0.5	3	0.9	1	1.2
Education
Less than college	346	55.4	187	58.4	52	64.2
College degree or higher	276	44.2	130	40.6	29	35.8
Unreported	3	0.5	3	0.9	0	—
Income
<$30 K	87	13.9	50	15.6	22	27.2
$30 K–<$70 K	284	45.4	137	42.8	27	33.3
$70 K or higher	221	35.4	119	37.2	32	39.5
Unreported	33	5.3	14	4.4	0	—
Screening status
Early-screener (<6 mo)	110	17.6	180	56.3	34	42.0
Late-screener (>6 mo but ≤12 mo)	39	6.2	12	3.8	0	—
Nonscreener by 12 mo	476	76.2	128	40.0	47	58.0