Knowledge and Informed Decision-Making about Population-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Participation in Groups with Low and Adequate Health Literacy
Table 1
Demographics of the study population ().
All respondents (%)
Low health literacy (%)
Adequate health literacy (%)
Gender
Men, (%)
60 (42)
35 (49)
25 (36)
Women, (%)
81 (57)
36 (51)
45 (64)
Age, mean ± SD
66.7 ± 5.3
67.6 ± 4.5
65.8 ± 5.8
Education level
Low, (%)
31 (23)
27 (39)
4 (6)
Intermediate, (%)
77 (57)
33 (48)
44 (66)
High, (%)
28 (20)
9 (13)
19 (28)
Ethnic origin
Ethnic Dutch, (%)
135 (96)
68 (99)
67 (97)
Non-Dutch, (%)
3 (4)
1 (1)
2 (3)
5 missing: 2 in low HL group, 3 in adequate HL group. 3 missing: 2 in low HL group, 1 in adequate HL group.
