Table 1. Characteristics of the Study Sample^*

Characteristics	Total N	Percent
Total sample	975	100.0
Sex
Male	380	39.0
Female	595	61.0
Age
50–64 years	627	64.3
≥65 years	348	35.7
Marital status
Married	611	62.7
Not married	364	37.3
Education level
Less than college	586	60.1
College degree or graduate school	389	39.9
Race
White	694	71.2
Black	177	18.2
Hispanic	61	6.3
Other	43	4.4
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	866	88.8
Current smoker	109	11.9
Family history of colorectal cancer
Positive family history	86	8.8
Negative family history	889	91.2
Insurance
Medicare	330	33.9
Medicaid	54	5.5
Private	503	51.6
Other or none	88	9.0

↵* We recruited 1437 patients; however, patients who were missing data for any one of these characteristics or who reported a history of colorectal cancer or colorectal problems were removed from the analysis, resulting in a working sample size of 975.