Table 1.
Socio‐demographic details | Total sample (n = 19) |
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Gender: n (%) | |
Male | 8 (42.1) |
Female | 11 (57.9) |
Age (years): mean ± SD (range) | 59 ± 13.11 (24–77) |
Ethnicity: n (%) | |
White British | 19 (100.0) |
Marital status: n (%) | |
Single/never married | 2 (10.5) |
Married/living with partner | 13 (68.4) |
Married separated from partner | 1 (5.3) |
Divorced | 3 (15.8) |
Highest educational status: n (%) | |
Degree or higher degree | 9 (47.4) |
Higher education below degree | 2 (10.5) |
Secondary school qualifications | 5 (26.3) |
No formal qualifications | 1 (5.3) |
Other | 2 (10.5) |
Employment status: n (%) | |
Employed full time | 5 (26.3) |
Employed part time | 2 (10.5) |
Self‐employed | 3 (15.8) |
Retired | 8 (42.1) |
Disabled or too ill to work | 1 (5.3) |
Cancer diagnosisa: n (%) | |
Breast | 7 (36.8) |
Colorectal | 1 (5.3) |
Prostate | 1 (5.3) |
Lung | 1 (5.3) |
Thyroid | 2 (10.5) |
Non‐Hodgkin lymphoma | 3 (15.8) |
Hodgkin lymphoma (Hodgkin disease) | 1 (5.3) |
Testicular | 1 (5.3) |
Bladder | 1 (5.3) |
Melanoma | 2 (10.5) |
Neuroendocrine tumour (NET) | 1 (5.3) |
Date of diagnosis: n (%) | |
<5 years ago | 12 (63.2) |
5–10 years ago | 4 (21.1) |
11–20 years ago | 2 (10.5) |
>20 years ago | 1 (5.3) |
Total comes to >100% as two people had been diagnosed with more than one type of cancer.