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Table 3 Comparison of respondents to non-respondents in a survey of Utah cancer survivors^1,2

From: The feasibility of web surveys for obtaining patient-reported outcomes from cancer survivors: a randomized experiment comparing survey modes and brochure enclosures

	Full sample					Paper					Web
	Non-respondents		Respondents			Non-respondents		Respondents			Non-respondents		Respondents
	n	%	n	%	P	n	%	n	%	P	n	%	n	%	P
Time since diagnosis					0.022					0.144					0.076
Long-term	114	59.4	78	40.6		53	55.2	43	44.8		61	63.5	35	36.5
Recent	123	48.4	131	51.6		59	45.4	71	54.6		64	51.6	60	48.4
Sex					0.130					0.016					0.760
Female	126	50.0	126	50.0		55	42.6	74	57.4		71	57.7	52	42.3
Male	111	57.2	83	42.8		57	58.8	40	41.2		54	55.7	43	44.3
Current age					0.028					0.223					0.139
< 40	47	63.5	27	36.5		21	60.0	14	40.0		26	66.7	13	33.3
40–49	62	49.2	64	50.8		34	50.0	34	50.0		28	48.3	30	51.7
50–59	97	56.7	74	43.3		42	51.2	40	48.8		55	61.8	34	38.2
> =60	31	41.3	44	58.7		15	36.6	26	63.4		16	47.1	18	52.9
Race					0.055					0.558					0.040
White	216	51.9	200	48.1		104	49.1	108	50.9		112	54.9	92	45.1
Nonwhite	21	70.0	9	30.0		8	57.1	6	42.9		13	81.3	< 5³	–
Ethnicity					0.020					0.439					0.011
Hispanic	45	66.2	23	33.8		19	55.9	15	44.1		26	76.5	8	23.5
Non-Hispanic	189	50.8	183	49.2		92	48.7	97	51.3		97	53.0	86	47.0
Geography					0.909					0.904					0.874
Rural	32	52.5	29	47.5		18	48.7	19	51.4		14	58.3	10	41.7
Metro-politan	205	53.3	180	46.8		94	49.7	95	50.3		111	56.6	85	43.4
Cancer site					0.144					0.074					0.728
Colorectal	77	60.2	51	39.8		37	58.7	26	41.3		40	61.5	25	38.5
Myeloma	31	48.4	33	51.6		12	37.5	20	62.5		19	59.4	13	40.6
Breast	51	52.6	46	47.4		24	47.1	27	52.9		27	58.7	19	41.3
Ovarian	26	41.3	37	58.7		11	34.4	21	65.6		15	48.4	16	51.6
Prostate	52	55.3	42	44.7		28	58.3	20	41.7		24	52.2	22	47.8
Stage					0.174					0.162					0.652
In situ	10	41.7	14	58.3		< 5³	–	7	70.0		7	50.0	7	50.0
Localized	118	55.9	93	44.1		57	51.4	54	48.7		61	61.0	39	39.0
Regional	65	57.0	49	43.0		32	58.2	23	41.8		33	55.9	26	44.1
Distant	44	45.4	53	54.6		20	40.0	30	60.0		24	51.1	23	48.9

1. Percent of respondents equates to response rate
2. P-values for statistically significant comparisons are presented in boldface.
3. Cell counts less than five are masked for protection of confidentiality

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