Table 3. Educational level, employment status and occupation of survivors, by childhood cancer group, compared with the French population of the same age and gender.
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Hodgkin's lymphoma |
Bone or soft tissue sarcoma |
Central nervous system tumour |
Leukaemia |
Other diagnosisa |
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| Observed | Expected | Observed | Expected | Observed | Expected | Observed | Expected | Observed | Expected | |||||||||||
| (O) | (E) | O/E | (O) | (E) | O/E | (O) | (E) | O/E | (O) | (E) | O/E | (O) | (E) | O/E | ||||||
| N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) | P-valueb | N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) | P-valueb | N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) | P-valueb | N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) | P-valueb | N (%) | N (%) | (95% CI) | P-valueb | |
| Educational level | 0.066 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||||||||||
| <Middle school | 11 (9.1) | 23 (18.7) | 0.5 (0.2–0.9) | c | 27 (7.4) | 68 (18.6) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | d | 71 (40.6) | 31 (17.5) | 2.3 (1.8–2.9) | d | 18 (11.5) | 19 (12.2) | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) | 96 (8.4) | 190 (16.6) | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | d | |
| Middle school | 11 (9.1) | 9 (7.4) | 1.2 (0.6–2.2) | 22 (6.0) | 26 (7.1) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 12 (6.7) | 12 (7.0) | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | 26 (16.6) | 9 (5.8) | 2.9 (1.9–4.2) | d | 52 (4.6) | 78 (6.8) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | ||||
| Vocational school | 30 (24.8) | 31 (25.6) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 93 (25.5) | 95 (26.0) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 53 (30.3) | 42 (24.2) | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) | 21 (13.4) | 30 (19.4) | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 313 (27.4) | 274 (24.0) | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | c | ||||
| High school | 25 (20.7) | 21 (17.7) | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) | 54 (14.8) | 63 (17.3) | 0.9 (0.6–1.1) | 12 (6.9) | 32 (18.4) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | d | 52 (33.1) | 35 (22.2) | 1.5 (1.1–2.0) | c | 197 (17.2) | 215 (18.8) | 0.9 (0.8–1.1) | |||
| College | 44 (36.4) | 37 (30.7) | 1.2 (0.9–1.6) | 168 (46.2) | 112 (30.9) | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) | d | 27 (15.4) | 57 (32.8) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | d | 40 (25.5) | 63 (40.3) | 0.6 (0.5–0.9) | d | 484 (42.4) | 386 (33.8) | 1.3 (1.1–1.4) | d | |
| Employment status | 0.518 | 0.450 | <0.001 | 0.518 | 0.008 | |||||||||||||||
| Employed | 97 (81.5) | 94 (78.8) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) | 288 (81.8) | 279 (79.4) | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) | 96 (53.9) | 141 (79.0) | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | d | 127 (80.9) | 125 (79.6) | 1.0 (0.9–1.2) | 943 (81.7) | 919 (79.6) | 1.0 (1.0–1.1) | ||||
| Unemployed and seeking work | 9 (7.6) | 11 (9.1) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 24 (6.8) | 32 (9.1) | 0.8 (0.5–1.1) | 21 (11.8) | 17 (9.3) | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | 9 (5.7) | 17 (10.6) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 76 (6.6) | 110 (9.5) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | c | ||||
| Unemployed because of health | 7 (5.9) | 5 (4.3) | 1.4 (0.6–2.9) | 17 (4.8) | 15 (4.4) | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 50 (28.1) | 8 (4.3) | 6.3 (4.6–8.2) | d | 4 (2.5) | 6 (3.8) | 0.7 (0.2–1.7) | 50 (4.3) | 48 (4.2) | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) | ||||
| Other situation | 6 (5.0) | 9 (7.8) | 0.7 (0.2–1.5) | 23 (6.5) | 25 (7.2) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 11 (6.2) | 13 (7.4) | 0.9 (0.4–1.5) | 17 (10.8) | 10 (6.1) | 1.7 (1.0–2.7) | c | 85 (7.4) | 77 (6.7) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | ||||
| Occupational class | 0.061 | <0.001 | 0.008 | 0.515 | <0.001 | |||||||||||||||
| Manual workers | 16 (14.4) | 27 (24.1) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) | 47 (14.5) | 79 (24.3) | 0.6 (0.4–0.8) | d | 37 (32.7) | 27 (23.9) | 1.4 (1.0–1.9) | 26 (20.2) | 30 (22.9) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 161 (16.1) | 237 (23.7) | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | d | |||
| Farmers, craftsmen, shopkeepers | 10 (9.0) | 8 (7.2) | 1.3 (0.6–2.3) | 20 (6.1) | 25 (7.7) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 3 (2.7) | 8 (7.0) | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | 4 (3.1) | 5 (3.9) | 0.8 (0.2–2.1) | 59 (5.9) | 65 (6.5) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | |||||
| Clerks, service and sales workers | 36 (32.4) | 31 (28.0) | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) | 84 (25.8) | 88 (27.1) | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 47 (41.6) | 32 (28.0) | 1.5 (1.1–2.0) | c | 52 (40.3) | 40 (30.7) | 1.3 (1.0–1.7) | 272 (27.2) | 286 (28.6) | 1.0 (0.8–1.1) | ||||
| Technicians and associate professionals | 25 (22.5) | 28 (25.1) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 84 (25.8) | 81 (25.0) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) | 19 (16.8) | 29 (25.6) | 0.7 (0.4–1.0) | 27 (20.9) | 36 (28.0) | 0.8 (0.5–1.1) | 260 (26.0) | 258 (25.8) | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | |||||
| Professionals and managers | 24 (21.6) | 17 (15.6) | 1.4 (0.9–2.1) | 90 (27.7) | 52 (15.9) | 1.7 1.4–2.1) | d | 7 (6.2) | 18 (15.6) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | c | 20 (15.5) | 19 (14.4) | 1.1 (0.6–1.6) | 247 (24.7) | 153 (15.3) | 1.6 (1.4–1.8) | d | ||
Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval.
a
Nephroblastoma, neuroblastoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, gonadal tumour, retinoblastoma, thyroid tumour and other types of carcinoma
b
P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected distributions.
c
<0.05 P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected proportions for each level of the variable.
d
<0.001 P-values of χ2-tests comparing observed and expected proportions for each level of the variable.