Table 1. Demographic characteristics of social network members and cancer survivors.
|
Social network members |
Cancer survivors |
P-value |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||
⩽64 years | 658 | 51.7 | 88 | 39.6 | |
65+ years |
615 |
48.3 |
134 |
60.4 |
0.001 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 557 | 43.8 | 94 | 42.3 | |
Female |
716 |
56.2 |
128 |
57.7 |
0.695 |
Socioeconomic status (SES) | |||||
AB,C1 (higher) | 544 | 42.7 | 101 | 45.5 | |
C2,D,E (lower) |
729 |
57.3 |
121 |
54.5 |
0.443 |
Ethnicity | |||||
White | 1240 | 97.4 | 219 | 98.6 | |
Non-white |
30 |
2.4 |
3 |
1.4 |
0.345 |
Educational qualifications | |||||
None/school only | 1079 | 84.8 | 189 | 85.1 | |
University |
185 |
14.5 |
33 |
14.9 |
0.929 |
Marital status | |||||
Married | 741 | 58.2 | 119 | 53.6 | |
Unmarried | 532 | 41.8 | 103 | 46.4 | 0.200 |