Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Awareness of LC symptoms, n (%)

 Poor (0–4 symptoms)

615 (13.0)

279 (13.9)

336 (12.3)

0.21

 Fair (5–9 symptoms)

1681 (35.3)

718 (35.5)

963 (35.1)

 Good (10–14 symptoms)

2466 (51.7)

1023 (50.6)

1443 (52.6)

Age, median [IQR]

32.0 [24.0, 44.0]

30.0 [24.0, 40.0]

34.0 [24.0, 47.0]

 < 0.001

Age group, n (%)

 < 0.001

 18 to 44

3572 (75.0)

1634 (80.9)

1938 (70.7)

 45 or older

1190 (25.0)

386 (19.1)

804 (29.3)

Female gender, n (%)

2618 (55.0)

1086 (53.8)

1532 (55.9)

0.15

Educational level, n (%)

 Secondary or below

2375 (49.9)

955 (47.3)

1420 (51.8)

0.002

 Post-secondary

2387 (50.1)

1065 (52.7)

1322 (48.2)

Occupation, n (%)

 Unemployed/housewife

2003 (42.1)

970 (48.0)

1033 (37.7)

 < 0.001

 Employed

2160 (45.4)

814 (40.3)

1346 (49.1)

 Retired

111 (2.3)

46 (2.3)

65 (2.4)

 Student

488 (10.2)

190 (9.4)

298 (10.8)

Monthly income ≥ 1450 NIS, n (%)

3241 (68.1)

683 (33.8)

2558 (93.3)

 < 0.001

Marital status, n (%)

 Single

1480 (31.1)

641 (31.7)

839 (30.6)

0.07

 Married

3117 (65.5)

1323 (65.5)

1794 (65.4)

 Divorced/Widowed

165 (3.5)

56 (2.8)

109 (4.0)

Having a chronic disease, n (%)

1032 (21.7)

313 (15.5)

719 (26.2)

 < 0.001

Knowing someone with cancer, n (%)

2571 (54.0)

1045 (51.7)

1526 (55.7)

0.007

Ever smoked, n (%)

 Cigarettes

1127 (23.7)

417 (20.6)

710 (25.9)

 < 0.001

 Shisha (waterpipes)

499 (10.5)

142 (7.0)

357 (13.0)

 < 0.001

Site of data collection, n (%)

 Public Spaces

1920 (40.3)

784 (38.8)

1136 (41.4)

 < 0.001

 Hospitals

1628 (34.2)

651 (32.2)

977 (35.7)

 Primary healthcare centers

1214 (25.5)

585 (29.0)

629 (22.9)