Table 3 Socio-demographic variable distribution by adherence to colonoscopy at 90 days
From: Barriers to completing colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test
Variable | Value | Did not have colonoscopy N = 427 | N = 346 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 57.1 | 54.8 | 0.506 |
Female | 42.9 | 45.2 | ||
Age | 50–55 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 0.373 |
56–60 | 17.8 | 16.9 | ||
61–65 | 19.6 | 22.8 | ||
66–70 | 25.3 | 25.9 | ||
71–75 | 19.1 | 14.7 | ||
Religiosity | Secular | 54.2 | 54.4 | 0.797 |
Traditional | 31.0 | 30.9 | ||
Religious | 9.6 | 8.1 | ||
Orthodox | 5.2 | 6.7 | ||
Country of birth | Israel | 40.7 | 43.8 | 0.392 |
Other | 59.3 | 56.2 | ||
Ethnicity | Jewish | 88.1 | 91.7 | 0.108 |
Arab | 11.9 | 8.3 | ||
Education | 0–11 | 22.5 | 17.8 | 0.198 |
12–15 | 53.0 | 58.8 | ||
16+ | 24.5 | 23.4 | ||
Marital status | Single | 6.5 | 4.4 | 0.500 |
Married | 71.9 | 73.7 | ||
Divorced | 14.3 | 13.0 | ||
Widowed | 7.3 | 8.9 | ||
PAM Level | 1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 0.564 |
2 | 13.2 | 10.4 | ||
3 | 22.0 | 21.1 | ||
4 | 51.9 | 56.9 | ||
Private insurance | Yes | 35.9 | 49.1 | 0.001 |
No | 64.1 | 50.9 | ||
Complementary insurance | Yes | 83.4 | 88.8 | 0.034 |
No | 16.6 | 11.2 | ||
Health status | Excellent | 10.1 | 6.9 | 0.369 |
Very good | 21.6 | 23.5 | ||
Good | 34.0 | 32.7 | ||
Average | 25.6 | 30.1 | ||
Bad | 8.7 | 6.9 |