Response characteristics (n=3358)
| Characteristic | Total | Comm | GP | GUM | CASH | p Value | |
| N | Missing | ||||||
| Percentage of total | 3358 | 2.5% | 3.5% | 70.5% | 23.5% | ||
| Mean age in years (SD) | 25.9 (9.4) | 2% | 30.8 (8.8) | 25.4 (7.0) | 27.4 (9.9) | 21.4 (6.0) | <0.001* |
| Sex | 1% | ||||||
| Female | 58% | 15% | 79% | 53% | 72% | <0.001† | |
| Ethnicity | 1% | ||||||
| White | 90% | 99% | 90% | 90% | 88% | ||
| Other | 10% | 1% | 10% | 10% | 12% | <0.001† | |
| Sexual preference | 2% | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 82% | 20% | 89% | 80% | 95% | ||
| Homosexual | 13% | 71% | 3% | 14% | 4% | ||
| Bisexual | 4% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 1% | ||
| Prefer not to say | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | <0.001† | |
| Highest qualification | 2% | ||||||
| None | 8% | 4% | 1% | 7% | 14% | ||
| GCSE/O level | 25% | 16% | 11% | 21% | 41% | ||
| A level | 24% | 27% | 23% | 24% | 25% | ||
| NVQ/City & Guilds | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Diploma | 8% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 4% | ||
| Degree | 20% | 16% | 40% | 23% | 9% | ||
| Post-graduate | 8% | 23% | 10% | 10% | 3% | <0.001† | |
| Employment | 2% | ||||||
| Student | 31% | 18% | 35% | 28% | 40% | ||
| Employed | 49% | 54% | 42% | 49% | 48% | ||
| Self-employed | 9% | 10% | 6% | 11% | 4% | ||
| Unemployed | 8% | 2% | 10% | 9% | 7% | ||
| Retired | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | ||
| Other | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 1% | <0.001† | |
| No. of previous STI tests | 3% | ||||||
| None | 53% | 31% | 49% | 48% | 79% | ||
| 1 | 31% | 43% | 30% | 32% | 27% | ||
| 2 | 11% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 3% | ||
| >2 | 5% | 12% | 5% | 7% | 1% | <0.001† | |
| Previous STI treatments | 3% | ||||||
| None | 80% | 74% | 89% | 77% | 89% | ||
| 1 | 16% | 24% | 10% | 18% | 10% | ||
| 2 | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| >2 | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 0% | <0.001† | |
| Believes has STI symptoms | 6% | ||||||
| Yes | 19% | 14% | 14% | 24% | 8% | <0.001† | |
| Completed DCE questions | 29 859 | 1% | – | ||||
Some numbers do not sum exactly to 3358 or 100% due to missing values and/or rounding.
↵* Kruskal–Wallis.
↵† χ2; Comm, community; CASH, contraceptive advice and sexual health service; GUM, genitourinary medicine; GP, general practice.
DCE, discrete choice experiment; STI, sexually transmitted infection.