Table 4.
Percentages reporting reasons for nonparticipation in the HUNT study among 3241 women (W) and 3677 men (M) having answered the nonparticipation questionnaire (QNP)
|
Reasons |
20-39 years |
40-59 years |
60-79 years |
80 + years |
All age groups |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | p§ | |
| Did not receive the invitation |
13.3 |
14.9 |
6.2 |
9.3 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
8.0 |
10.7 |
9.5 |
11.1 |
0.02 |
| Had not time /inconvenient session |
60.7 |
64.5 |
54.9 |
61.9 |
34.8 |
40.2 |
14.3 |
20.8 |
50.7 |
56.6 |
<0.01 |
| Don’t rely on such examinations |
0.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
<0.01 |
| No benefit of such examinations |
0.3 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
6.3 |
8.1 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
<0.01 |
| Too ill to attend the study |
1.4 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
1.2 |
7.2 |
5.5 |
23.7 |
19.5 |
4.7 |
2.6 |
<0.01 |
| Questions I did not wish to answer |
2.1 |
1.2 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
0.61 |
| Other reason | 25.1 | 17.5 | 30.0 | 22.1 | 32.1 | 27.2 | 24.6 | 18.8 | 28.1 | 21.5 | <0.01 |
§ p-values for chi-square tests comparing all men and women.