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Table 1 Sample description

From: Investigating young women’s motivations to engage in early mammography screening in Switzerland: results of a cross-sectional study

Participants (N = 918)

Number

Percent

M

SD

Range

Age

39.37

5.88

30-49

Marital status

  

 Married/stable relationship

586

63.8

   

 Single

199

21.7

   

 Divorced/separated/widowed

133

14.5

   

Education

  

 None

2

.02

   

 Middle school

76

8.3

   

 Professional or high school

569

62

   

 University of applied sciences

141

15.4

   

 University

130

14.1

   

Occupation

  

 (Self)employed

594

57.6

   

 Homemaker

233

25.4

   

 Unemployed

81

8.8

   

 Student

6

.7

   

 Pensioner

4

.4

   

Swiss nationality

  

 Yes

756

82.4

   

 No

162

17.6

   

Swiss language region

  

 Swiss-German

550

59.9

   

 Swiss-French

274

29.8

   

 Swiss-Italian

94

10.2

   

Systematic screening program

  

 Yes

479

52.2

   

 No

439

47.8

   

Health status

3.74

.88

1-5

Genetic predisposition (e.g., BRCA1)

32

3.5

Breast cancer diagnosis

26

2.8

   

Past mammogram (N = 860)

232

27

 30-34

23

10.1

   

 35-39

48

22.1

   

 40-44

59

29.4

   

 45-49

102

47.7