Table 1.
Demographics of all respondents
| CanSurvivors n = 391 (11.5%) |
FamCancer n = 1674 (50.5%) |
FriendCancer n = 685 (20.7%) |
NoCancer n = 519 (17.3%) |
P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (min, max) | 69.1 (23, 95) | 54.3 (20, 94) | 56.2 (20, 92) | 43.3 (20, 86) | < 0.0001 |
| Gender, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| Male | 188 (49.0) | 699 (45.4) | 347 (53.5) | 257 (55.3) | |
| Female | 203 (51.0) | 975 (54.6) | 338 (46.5) | 262 (44.7) | |
| Education, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| ≤ Junior high school | 54 (15.5) | 117 (7.9) | 57 (9.1) | 30 (6.2) | |
| High school | 179 (45.5) | 640 (38.1) | 268 (39.3) | 179 (33.9) | |
| Junior college | 63 (14.6) | 415 (23.2) | 153 (21.0) | 128 (23.8) | |
| ≥ College | 94 (24.5) | 497 (30.8) | 203 (30.6) | 182 (36.2) | |
| Marital status, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| Married | 298 (73.7) | 1140 (65.7) | 530 (75.3) | 334 (60.3) | |
| Divorced | 28 (6.8) | 98 (5.4) | 35 (4.7) | 23 (4.2) | |
| Widowed | 38 (12.4) | 140 (9.6) | 31 (5.4) | 12 (3.0) | |
| Never married | 27 (7.1) | 289 (19.3) | 85 (14.7) | 150 (32.5) | |
| Employment status, N (%) | N/Ac | ||||
| Employed full-time/Self-employed | 118 (29.7) | 833 (51.4) | 340 (50.8) | 321 (63.9) | |
| Part-time | 44 (10.0) | 256 (13.5) | 108 (14.2) | 68 (11.5) | |
| Unemployed | 90 (25.5) | 201 (13.2) | 84 (13.4) | 42 (8.7) | |
| Retired | 66 (17.6) | 105 (5.9) | 58 (8.1) | 18 (3.1) | |
| Homemaker | 73 (17.2) | 253 (14.1) | 84 (11.7) | 47 (7.8) | |
| Student | 0 (0.0) | 23 (1.8) | 9 (1.8) | 22 (5.1) | |
| Income, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| < ¥4mil | 197 (52.3) | 596 (36.9) | 230 (34.6) | 155 (30.1) | |
| ¥4mil to < 8mil | 125 (31.3) | 641 (38.8) | 265 (39.1) | 226 (44.8) | |
| > ¥8mil | 60 (16.3) | 391 (24.2) | 170 (26.3) | 126 (25.1) | |
| Smoking status, N (%) | 0.0005 | ||||
| Never | 295 (78.8) | 1207 (73.7) | 470 (70.2) | 370 (69.8) | |
| Former | 40 (10.5) | 172 (10.8) | 94 (13.9) | 47 (9.3) | |
| Current | 41 (10.7) | 248 (15.5) | 106 (16.0) | 100 (20.9) | |
| History of other diseases, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| Yes | 228 (60.2) | 722 (43.5) | 316 (46.3) | 148 (27.9) | |
| No | 158 (39.8) | 930 (56.5) | 362 (53.7) | 367 (72.1) | |
| Self-reported health status, N (%) | < 0.0001 | ||||
| Excellent/very good/good | 249 (64.2) | 1298 (77.8) | 511 (74.3) | 437 (83.7) | |
| Fair/poor | 137 (35.8) | 367 ( 22.2) | 172 (25.7) | 82 (16.3) | |
| Healthy lifestyle (i.e., exercise or diet), N (%) | |||||
| “Already started (longer than 6 months)” | 74 (19.2) | 255 (14.8) | 91 (13.7) | 49 (9.5) | 0.0008 |
All percentages were adjusted for nonresponse bias by weighting
aCategorical data were compared using a chi-squared test. Age differences were compared using ANOVA
bHistory of other diseases includes diagnosis of one or more of diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, stroke, chronic lung disease, arthritis or rheumatism, and depression
cN/A: the p-value could not be obtained due to the 0 cell