Table 1 Singapore public survey data
% | N | Literacy | Perception of genetic testing | Data privacy concern | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | p | Mean | SD | p | Mean | SD | p | |||
Gender | (t-test) 0.977 | (t-test) 0.397 | (t-test) 0.147 | ||||||||
Male | 57.9% | 324 | 48.8% | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.20 | |||
Female | 42.1% | 236 | 48.9% | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.95 | 0.66 | 1.20 | |||
Age | (ANOVA) * | (ANOVA) 0.641 | (ANOVA) 0.918 | ||||||||
21–39 | 49.3% | 276 | 51.2% | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.95 | 0.64 | 1.19 | |||
40–59 | 42.1% | 236 | 47.0% | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.97 | 0.64 | 1.21 | |||
60 and higher | 8.6% | 48 | 44.7% | 0.50 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 0.61 | 1.20 | |||
Ethnicity | (ANOVA) 0.366 | (ANOVA) 0.400 | (ANOVA) 0.387 | ||||||||
Chinese | 81.8% | 458 | 48.5% | 0.50 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.64 | 1.19 | |||
Malay | 7.9% | 44 | 49.1% | 0.50 | 0.65 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 1.23 | |||
Indian | 5.7% | 32 | 48.5% | 0.50 | 0.85 | 1.04 | 0.60 | 1.28 | |||
Others | 4.6% | 26 | 55.0% | 0.50 | 0.71 | 1.01 | 0.75 | 1.24 | |||
Annual household income | (ANOVA) ** | (ANOVA) * | (ANOVA) 0.341 | ||||||||
Up to SGD 30,000 | 14.1% | 79 | 43.7% | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.94 | 0.68 | 1.14 | |||
SGD 30,000–59,999 | 18.6% | 104 | 48.7% | 0.50 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.62 | 1.21 | |||
SGD 60,000–89,999 | 23.4% | 131 | 48.3% | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.92 | 0.59 | 1.18 | |||
SGD 90,000–149,999 | 31.4% | 176 | 49.0% | 0.50 | 0.74 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 1.19 | |||
SGD 150,000 and more | 12.5% | 70 | 55.5% | 0.50 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.60 | 1.29 | |||
Genetics education | (t-test) ** | (t-test) * | (t-test) 0.490 | ||||||||
No Genetics education at all | 67.3% | 377 | 45.2% | 0.50 | 0.71 | 0.95 | 0.63 | 1.20 | |||
With Genetics education | 32.7% | 183 | 56.3% | 0.50 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.65 | 1.20 | |||
Education attainment | (ANOVA) ** | (ANOVA) 0.376 | (ANOVA) 0.936 | ||||||||
Less than Bachelor's Degree | 34.8% | 195 | 44.7% | 0.50 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 1.19 | |||
Bachelor's Degree | 53.0% | 297 | 50.1% | 0.50 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 0.64 | 1.20 | |||
Master's Degree | 11.4% | 64 | 55.3% | 0.50 | 0.78 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 1.24 | |||
PhD, MD, JD or equivalent | 0.7% | 4 | 52.9% | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.92 | 0.68 | 1.10 | |||
Patients | |||||||||||
Genetic diseases patients | 8.0% | 45 | 50.7% | 0.50 | (t-test) 0.418 | 0.61 | 1.02 | (t-test) * | 0.44 | 1.16 | (t-test) ** |
Non-genetic diseases participants | 92.0% | 515 | 48.7% | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.94 | 0.65 | 1.20 | |||
COVID patients | 1.4% | 8 | 62.5% | 0.49 | (t-test) * | 0.76 | 0.93 | (t-test) 0.875 | 0.45 | 1.09 | (t-test) 0.197 |
Non-COVID participants | 98.6% | 552 | 48.7% | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 0.64 | 1.20 | |||
Total sample | 100% | 560 | 48.9% | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 0.63 | 1.20 | |||