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. 2016 Apr 26;114(9):1060–1068. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.62

Table 2. Educational level, employment status and occupational class of survivors, by gender, compared with the French population of the same age and gender.

  All
  Men
  Women
 
  Observed Expected     Observed Expected     Observed Expected    
  (O) (E) O/E   (O) (E) O/E   (O) (E) O/E  
Outcome N (%) N (%) (95% CI) P-valuea N (%) N (%) (95% CI) P-valuea N (%) N (%) (95% CI) P-valuea
Educational level       <0.001       <0.001       <0.001
<Middle school 223 (11.4) 329 (16.8) 0.7 (0.6–0.8) b 107 (10.7) 169 (17.0) 0.6 (0.5–0.8) b 116 (12.0) 160 (16.6) 0.7 (0.6–0.9) b
Middle school 123 (6.3) 133 (6.8) 0.9 (0.8–1.1)   58 (5.8) 65 (6.5) 0.9 (0.7–1.2)   65 (6.7) 69 (7.2) 0.9 (0.7–1.2)  
Vocational school 510 (26.0) 472 (24.1) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)   274 (27.5) 275 (27.6) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)   236 (24.5) 197 (20.5) 1.2 (1.1–1.4) c
High school 340 (17.4) 367 (18.7) 0.9 (0.8–1.0)   167 (16.8) 179 (18.0) 0.9 (0.8–1.1)   173 (18.0) 187 (19.4) 0.9 (0.8–1.1)  
College 763 (38.9) 657 (33.5) 1.2 (1.1–1.3) b 390 (39.2) 308 (30.9) 1.3 (1.1–1.4) b 373 (38.7) 349 (36.2) 1.1 (1.0–1.2)  
Employment status       <0.001       <0.001       <0.001
Employed 1551 (79.1) 1558 (79.5) 1.0 (1.0–1.1)   844 (83.6) 860 (85.1) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)   707 (74.4) 698 (73.5) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)  
Unemployed seeking work 139 (7.1) 186 (9.5) 0.7 (0.6–0.9) c 70 (6.9) 86 (8.5) 0.8 (0.6–1.0)   69 (7.3) 100 (10.5) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) c
Unemployed because of health 128 (6.5) 82 (4.2) 1.6 (1.3–1.9) b 57 (5.6) 40 (4.0) 1.4 (1.1–1.9) c 71 (7.5) 42 (4.4) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) b
Other situation 142 (7.2) 135 (6.9) 1.1 (0.9–1.2)   39 (3.9) 25 (2.5) 1.6 (1.1–2.1) c 103 (10.8) 110 (11.6) 0.9 (0.8–1.1)  
Occupational class       <0.001       <0.001       <0.001
Manual workers 287 (17.1) 399 (23.8) 0.7 (0.6–0.8) b 210 (23.6) 322 (36.2) 0.7 (0.6–0.8) b 77 (9.8) 75 (9.5) 1.0 (0.8–1.3)  
Farmers, craftsmen, shopkeepers 96 (5.8) 111 (6.6) 0.9 (0.7–1.1)   68 (7.7) 82 (9.2) 0.8 (0.6–1.1)   28 (3.5) 30 (3.7) 0.9 (0.6–1.4)  
Clerks, service and sales workers 491 (29.3) 476 (28.4) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)   195 (21.9) 120 (13.5) 1.6 (1.4–1.9) b 296 (37.6) 359 (45.6) 0.8 (0.7–0.9) b
Technicians and associate professionals 415 (24.7) 433 (25.8) 1.0 (0.9–1.1)   179 (20.1) 209 (23.5) 0.9 (0.8–1.0)   236 (30.0) 223 (28.4) 1.1 (0.9–1.2)  
Professionals and managers 388 (23.1) 258 (15.4) 1.5 (1.4–1.7) b 238 (26.7) 157 (17.7) 1.5 (1.3–1.7) b 150 (19.1) 101 (12.8) 1.5 (1.3–1.7) b

Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.

a

P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected distributions.

b

<0.001 P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected proportions for each level of the variable.

c

<0.05 P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected proportions for each level of the variable.