Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Public attitudes in Japan toward participation in whole genome sequencing studies
Characteristic | All participants (N = 2399) |
|---|---|
Age | 45.00 (33.00, 57.00) |
Gender | |
Male | 1196 (49.9%) |
Female | 1203 (50.1%) |
Education | |
Junior high school | 71 (3.0%) |
High school | 711 (29.6%) |
Professional school | 267 (11.1%) |
Technical college | 24 (1.0%) |
Junior college | 250 (10.4%) |
University | 952 (39.7%) |
Graduate school | 114 (4.8%) |
Other | 10 (0.4%) |
Employment status | |
Permanent employment | 864 (36.0%) |
Part-time or temporary employment | 416 (17.3%) |
Student | 165 (6.9%) |
Full-time homeworker | 454 (18.9%) |
Retired | 80 (3.3%) |
Unemployed | 251 (10.5%) |
Other | 169 (7.0%) |
Annual income, JPY | |
< 2,000,000 | 277 (14.0%) |
2,000,000–3,000,000 | 252 (12.8%) |
3,000,000–4,000,000 | 278 (14.1%) |
4,000,000–5,000,000 | 278 (14.1%) |
5,000,000–6,000,000 | 213 (10.8%) |
6,000,000–7,000,000 | 193 (9.8%) |
7,000,000–8,000,000 | 127 (6.4%) |
8,000,000–10,000,000 | 165 (8.4%) |
≧ 10,000,000 | 192 (9.7%) |
Number of people in household | 3.00 (2.00, 4.00) |
Marital status | |
Unmarried | 926 (38.6%) |
Married | 1309 (54.6%) |
Divorced or widowed | 164 (6.8%) |