Table 3.
Demographic, work, social activity and health care consumption s of cancer survivors and controls
| Variables | Survivors (N = 334) |
Controls (N = 1,670) |
p-value | Effect size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at survey, mean (SD) | 65.1 (2.9) | 64.4 (2.9) | <0.001 | 0.24 |
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Sex | <0.001 | 0.26 | ||
| Males | 115 (34) | 792 (47) | ||
| Females | 219 (66) | 878 (53) | ||
| Civil status | <0.43* | |||
| Married | 242 (73) | 1,280 (77) | ||
| Single, separated, divorced, widow(er) | 92 (27) | 387 (23) | ||
| Level of basic education | 0.77* | |||
| <10 years | 206 (66) | 953 (62) | ||
| ≥10 years | 106 (34) | 583 (38) | ||
| Work situation | ||||
| Paid work, independent business | 88 (26) | 593 (36) | 0.30* | |
| Disability or age pension | 233 (70) | 961 (58) | 0.006* | 0.25 |
| Economic problems last year | 36 (12) | 288 (18) | 0.02* | 0.17 |
| Have enough friends | 267 (87) | 1,396 (87) | 0.75* | |
| Active in social clubs ≥1 time/month | 141 (46) | 761 (48) | 0.33* | |
* Adjusted for age and sex