Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics for participants (n=113,811), non-participants (n=30,453) and non-participants divided into active (n=14,529) and passive (n=15,924)
Variable | Participants n= 113,811 | Non-participants (ANP+PNP) n=30,453 | Active non-participants (ANP) n= 14,529 | Passive non-participants (PNP) n=15,924 | ||||
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n | % column | n | % column | n | % column | n | % column | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
50-54 | 30,965 | 27.2 | 7,536 | 24.7 | 3,022 | 20.8 | 4,514 | 28.4 |
55-59 | 30,722 | 27.0 | 7,580 | 24.9 | 3,396 | 23.4 | 4,184 | 26.3 |
60-64 | 30,532 | 26.8 | 7,998 | 26.3 | 4,139 | 28.5 | 3,859 | 24.2 |
65+ | 21,592 | 19.0 | 7,339 | 24.1 | 3,972 | 27.3 | 3,367 | 21.1 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Danish | 110,018 | 96.7 | 28,201 | 92.7 | 13,967 | 96,2 | 14,234 | 89,5 |
Western immigrants | 2,024 | 1.8 | 918 | 3.0 | 341 | 2,3 | 577 | 3,6 |
Non-western immigrants | 1,749 | 1.5 | 1,306 | 4.3 | 217 | 1,5 | 1,089 | 6,8 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married | 80,748 | 71.0 | 16,208 | 53.3 | 8,723 | 60.1 | 7,485 | 47.1 |
Registered partnership | 96 | 0.1 | 46 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.2 | 21 | 0.1 |
Cohabitating | 7,746 | 6.8 | 2,230 | 7.3 | 871 | 6.0 | 1,359 | 8.6 |
Single | 25,183 | 22.1 | 11,924 | 39.2 | 4,900 | 33.7 | 7,024 | 44.2 |
Occupation | ||||||||
Employed | 63,169 | 55.5 | 12,270 | 40.4 | 5,973 | 41.1 | 6,297 | 39.6 |
Self-employed/chief executive | 4,536 | 4.0 | 1,283 | 4.2 | 632 | 4.4 | 651 | 4.1 |
Unemployed/benefits* | 14,103 | 12.4 | 6,817 | 22.4 | 2,549 | 17.6 | 4,268 | 26.8 |
Retired women | 28,596 | 25.1 | 8,275 | 27.2 | 4,738 | 32.6 | 3,537 | 22.3 |
Social welfare recipients | 609 | 0.5 | 531 | 1.8 | 72 | 0.5 | 459 | 2.9 |
Others | 2,760 | 2.4 | 1,228 | 4.0 | 551 | 3.8 | 677 | 4.3 |
Education (years) | ||||||||
≤ 10 | 39,214 | 34.9 | 12,651 | 42.8 | 5,403 | 37.9 | 7,248 | 47.4 |
11-15 | 47,661 | 42.4 | 10,624 | 35.9 | 5,601 | 39.2 | 5,023 | 32.9 |
>15 | 25,549 | 22.7 | 6,286 | 21.3 | 3,272 | 22.9 | 3,014 | 19.7 |
OECD-adjusted household income† | ||||||||
Low tertile | 33,484 | 29.4 | 14,476 | 47.6 | 6,056 | 41.7 | 8,420 | 53.0 |
Middle tertile | 39,255 | 34.5 | 8,880 | 29.2 | 4,495 | 30.9 | 4,385 | 27.6 |
High tertile | 41,034 | 36.1 | 7,048 | 23.2 | 3,964 | 27.3 | 3,084 | 19.4 |
Access to vehicle | ||||||||
Yes | 99,597 | 87.5 | 21,302 | 70.0 | 11,085 | 76.4 | 10,217 | 64.3 |
No | 14,176 | 12.5 | 9,106 | 30.0 | 3,434 | 23.6 | 5,672 | 35.7 |
Residential ownership | ||||||||
House owners | 86,309 | 77.1 | 17,978 | 60.5 | 9,704 | 68.3 | 8,274 | 53,3 |
Tenants | 25,648 | 22.9 | 11,751 | 39.5 | 4,511 | 31.7 | 7,240 | 46.7 |
Kilometres to screening site | ||||||||
0-20 km | 54,989 | 50.7 | 13,622 | 46.9 | 6,079 | 44.0 | 7,543 | 49.6 |
>20-40 km | 32,535 | 30.0 | 8,599 | 29.6 | 4,260 | 30.9 | 4,339 | 28.5 |
>40-60 km | 17,327 | 16.0 | 5,604 | 19.3 | 2,832 | 20.5 | 2,772 | 18.2 |
>60 km | 3,545 | 3.3 | 1,198 | 4.1 | 633 | 4.6 | 565 | 3.7 |
Previous cancer diagnoses | ||||||||
No | 99,585 | 87.5 | 26,470 | 86.9 | 12,431 | 85.6 | 14,039 | 88.2 |
Yes | 14,226 | 12.5 | 3,983 | 13.1 | 2,098 | 14.4 | 1,885 | 11.8 |