Willingness to pay for colorectal cancer screening in Guangzhou

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in the pre-screening for colorectal cancer in Guangzhou

Variable	Number of participants (n = 1240)	%	Variable	Number of participants (n = 1240)	%
Gender			Marital status
Male	430	34.7	Married	1133	91.9
Female	810	65.3	Single/divorced/widowed	100	8.1
Age (yr)			The number to be raised in family
< 65	679	54.8	0	478	38.9
≥ 65	561	45.2	1-2	564	45.9
Education (yr)			≥ 3	188	15.3
≤ 6	312	25.2	Annual income per capita (RMB: Yuan)
7-12	748	60.5	≤ 30000	624	50.8
> 12	177	14.3	> 30000	604	49.2
Occupation			Annual household income per capita (RMB: Yuan)
Government and private enterprises	412	33.4	≤ 30000	688	56.9
Government agency/institution	137	11.1	>30000	521	43.1
Peasant	198	16.1	Family medical expenditure (RMB: Yuan)
Unemployed	208	16.9	≤ 5000	728	59.4
Other	278	22.5	> 5000	498	40.6
Health care status			Acceptance of colorectal cancer screening
The urban residents' medical insurance	388	32.3	Yes	1184	95.6
Medical insurance for public health care/urban employees	732	60.9	No	55	4.4
Other	81	6.7