Willingness to pay for colorectal cancer screening in Guangzhou

Table 3 Factors influencing willingness to pay for colorectal cancer screening of participants in Guangzhou

Variable	Willing to pay n (%)	Not willing to pay n (%)	χ2	P value
Gender			4.41	0.036
Male	404 (94.0)	26 (6.0)
Female	733 (90.5)	77 (9.5)
Age (yr)			1.25	0.264
< 65	628 (92.5)	51 (7.5)
≥ 65	509 (90.7)	52 (9.3)
Education (yr)			11.53	0.003
≤ 6	272 (87.5)	39 (12.5)
7-12	690 (92.6)	55 (7.4)
> 12	169 (95.5)	8 (4.5)
Occupation			26.56	< 0.001
Government and private enterprises	386 (93.7)	26 (6.3)
Government agency/institution	134 (97.8)	3 (2.2)
Peasant	181 (91.4)	17 (8.6)
Unemployed	194 (93.3)	14 (6.7)
Other	236 (84.9)	42 (15.1)
Marital status			4.71	0.03
Married	1045 (92.2)	88 (7.8)
Single/divorced/widowed	86 (86.0)	14 (14.0)
Health care status			2.93	0.231
Urban residents' medical insurance	363(93.6)	25 (6.4)
Medical insurance for public health care/urban employees	665 (90.8)	67 (9.2)
Other	76 (93.8)	5 (6.2)
The number to be raised in family			12.63	0.002
0	422 (88.3)	56 (11.7)
1-2	527 (93.4)	37 (6.6)
≥ 3	179 (95.2)	9 (4.8)
Annual income per capita (RMB: Yuan)			2.12	0.146
≤ 30000	570 (91.3)	54 (8.7)
> 30000	565 (93.5)	39 (6.5)
Annual household income per capita (RMB: Yuan)			0.30	0.587
≤ 30000	632 (91.9)	56 (8.1)
> 30000	483 (92.7)	38 (7.3)
Family medical expenditure (RMB: Yuan)			3.49	0.062
≤ 5000	663 (91.1)	65 (8.9)
> 5000	468 (94.0)	30 (6.0)
Acceptance of colorectal cancer screening			63.33	< 0.001
Yes	1102 (93.1)	82 (6.9)
No	34 (61.8)	21 (38.2)