Table 6.
Variable | # respondents (% respondents) |
Age | # respondents (% respondents) |
70–74 | 11 (65) |
75–79 | 4 (23) |
80–84 | 1 (6) |
85–90 | 1 (6) |
> 90 | 0 (0) |
Gender: | |
Male | 9 (53) |
Female | 8 (47) |
Education Level | |
Completed post secondary education | 4 (23) |
Completed High School | 8 (47) |
Completed Primary School | 5 (30) |
Participant's perception of health status | |
Poor | 0 |
Marginal | 1 (6) |
Average | 6 (35) |
Good | 4 (24) |
Excellent | 6 (35) |
Living situation* | |
By yourself? | 11 (65) |
With spouse/significant other? | 6 (35) |
In a retirement home? | 2 (12) |
With children? | 2 (12) |
With friends? | 0 (0) |
In a nursing home? | 0 (0) |
Type of cancer | |
Skin (not melanoma) | 2 (12) |
Melanoma | 1 (6) |
Lung | 1 (6) |
Breast | 2 (12) |
Prostate | 3 (17) |
Colon/rectum | 6 (35) |
Lymphoma | 2 (12) |