Public support for healthcare-mediated disclosure of hereditary cancer risk information: Results from a population-based survey in Sweden

Table 1 Distribution of characteristics in the general population, sample and participating respondents

	Subgroup	Population Sweden^a		Sample		Respondents		Chi-square test^b
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex	Female	10,720,875	51	890	49	461	47
	Male	10,422,378	49	910	51	516	53
	NA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.198
Age	18–29	4,688,303	22	386	21	131	13
	30–39	3,776,820	18	334	19	150	15
	40–49	3,919,526	19	324	18	167	17
	50–59	3,742,675	18	242	13	158	16
	60–69	3,408,365	16	304	17	209	21
	70–74	1,607,564	8	210	12	162	17
	NA	0	0	0	0	0	0	< 0.01**
Education^c	Low	13,369,759	61	744	41	392	39
	Middle	3,127,872	14	538	30	313	32
	High	4,763,310	22	449	25	266	27
	NA	514,046	2	69	4	6	1	< 0.01**
Country of birth^d	Sweden	16,725,884	79	1543	86	899	92
	Other	4,417,369	21	138	7	68	7
	NA	0	0	119	7	10	1	< 0.01**
Children^e	Yes	10,289,146	49	996	55	637	65
	No	10,811,546	51	721	40	333	34
	NA	42,561	0	83	5	7	1	< 0.01**
Total	–	21,143,253	–	1800	–	977	–

Shows the distribution of key characteristics among the Swedish general population (left columns), the invited sample (middle columns) and participating respondents (right colums). Notes about sub-groups presented:
^aSwedish population data retrieved from publicly available reports by Statistics Sweden (SCB). We used data of the sum total of individuals aged 18–74 years residing in Sweden between the years 2015–2017 as comparison. Population numbers for having children are based on data with “children residing in the household”, in contrast with our respondent data based on the question “do you have children or not?”
^bChi-square tests compared population with respondents
^cEducation levels clustered into Low (some elementary or high school education), Middle (post-secondary education < 3 years) or High (3 years of post-secondary education or more)
^dSelf-reported country of birth with response options; Sweden, Europe or Outside Europe
^eRespondents’ answers to the question; “Do you have children?”

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