Table 3

Influence of sociodemographic factors on total knowledge scores for prompted signs and symptoms and risk factor items.

Sociodemographic Characteristic	All participants

	Mean total score out of 32	P-value	Multiple regression analysis

			Beta	P-value	95% confidence interval
			Beta	P-value	Lower	Upper
*Age*
<18	14.37	0.004^*	0.030	0.211	-0.203	0.922
18-39	15.37
40+	15.65
*Gender*
Male	15.60	0.058	–0.019	0.444	-0.788	0.346
Female	15.16
*Ethnicity*
Arab	15.34	0.017^*	0.032	0.173	-0.327	1.81
Other	16.46
*Language*
Arabic	15.25	0.102	0.026	0.261	-0.825	3.04
English	16.89
*Marital status*
Single	14.99	0.000^*	0.020	0.389	-0.277	0.712
Married	15.71
*Education*
No qualifications	15.00	0.184	0.004	0.856	-0.407	0.490
<University	15.07
≥University	15.41
Other	13.13
*Employment status*
Employed	15.86	0.000^*	–0.088	0.001^*	-1.50	-0.409
Unemployed	14.92
*Cancer contact*
Yes	15.97	0.000^*	–0.082	0.000^*	-1.39	-0.475
No	14.94