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Table 1 Sample demographics

From: Understanding the mechanisms underlying the socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening among Australian women

Demographic

Percent

(n)

Australian Population

Screening Participationa

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Breast

77.5%

(652)

50.0%

Cervical

65.0%

(546)

61.0%

Bowel

55.1%

(463)

43.0%

Individual Level SES

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0

40.8%

(270)

-

1

43.2%

(286)

-

2

12.9%

(86)

-

3

3.0%

(20)

-

Area Level SES (IRSDb)

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1 – Most Disadvantaged

20.8%

(137)

16.8%

2

18.7%

(123)

17.2%

3

23.7%

(156)

20.7%

4

18.8%

(124)

20.5%

5 – Least Disadvantaged

18.1%

(119)

24.8%

Remoteness Levelb, c

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Major City

53.7%

(354)

72.2%

Inner Regional

32.5%

(214)

17.8%

Outer Regional/Remote

13.7%

(83.21)

10.0%

Born in Australiac

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Yes

75.1%

(500)

71.0%

No

24.9%

(166)

29.0%

Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Statusd

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Yes

2.1%

(14)

3.80%

No

97.9%

(651)

96.2%

  1. Note. a = Population participation rates sourced from each screening program’s respective monitoring report and is referenced for women aged 50–74 years (4, 5, 22). Due to lack of available data, all other population statistics are in reference to the entire population. b = both Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas (SEFIA; based on the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage) and remoteness level are on based postcode and the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 geography standards (21). c = Remoteness population statistics sourced from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (31). d = Population statistics Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status population data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (32)