What is it about a cancer diagnosis that would worry people? A population-based survey of adults in England

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Mean scores and demographic correlates of general cancer worry (range: 1–5; unweighted data; N = 1890)

Characteristic	General cancer worry	Univariate^$			Multivariate^$,a
	M (SD)	B (SE)	β	Significance	B (SE)	β	Significance
Total sample	1.99 (0.98)
Age		−.003 (.001)	−.053	p < .05	−.004 (.002)	−.071	p < .01
Gender
Male	1.87 (0.94)	Ref			Ref
Female	2.10 (1.02)	.226 (.045)	.115	p < .001	.214 (.046)	.108	p < .001
Ethnicity
White	2.02 (0.98)	Ref			Ref
BAME^b	1.88 (1.00)	−.141 (.062)	−.052	p < .05	−.164 (.063)	−.061	p < .01
Social grade
AB (highest)	2.00 (0.90)	Ref			Ref
C1	1.97 (0.95)	−.039 (.050)	−.081	p = .43	−.039 (.069)	−.018	p = .58
C2	2.00 (0.97)	.001 (.055)	.0003	p = .99	−.007 (.073)	−.003	p = .92
DE (lowest)	2.02 (1.07)	.032 (.048)	.015	p = .51	.027 (.069)	.013	p = .69
Marital status
Married or living as married	2.01 (0.97)	Ref			Ref
Single	1.97 (1.00)	−.034 (.050)	−.016	p = .50	−.074 (.055)	−.034	p = .18
Widowed/separated/divorced	1.96 (1.04)	−.044 (.073)	−.014	p = .55	−.049 (.078)	−.016	p = .53

R² = .021
^$Values in bold are significant at p < .05
^aMutually adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, social grade, and marital status
^bBAME = Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic

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