Table 1.
Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and quality of life (EORTC) global score
| Variable | Total N = 254 |
EORTC global score Pearson correlation |
t-value (df) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| Mean, years (SD) | 49.84 (10.10) | .105 | 1.66 (247) |
.098 |
| Variable | Total N (%) |
EORTC global score Mean (SD) |
F-value (df) | p-value |
| Health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 215 (86.7%) | 56.61 (25.61) | 0.075 | .785 |
| No | 33 (13.3%) | 55.30 (25.67) | (1.244) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 213 (85.9%) | 56.57 (25.21) | 0.035 | .852 |
| Rural | 35 (14.1%) | 55.71 (25.23) | (1.246) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 8 (3.2%) | 60.42 (25.49) | 1.283 | .277 |
| Married | 229 (90.9%) | 56.15 (25.28) | (5.247) | |
| Married but separated | 3 (1.2%) | 77.78 (20.97) | ||
| Divorced | 7 (2.8%) | 44.05 (25.78) | ||
| Widowed | 5 (2.0%) | 68.33 (29.11) | ||
| Life situation | ||||
| Alone | 13 (5.2%) | 51.92 (27.04) | 2.774b | .028 |
| With partner | 72 (28.6%) | 61.23 (22.95) | (4.245) | |
| Alone with children | 15 (6.0%) | 70.56 (27.61) | ||
| With partner and children | 134 (53.2%) | 53.67 (24.85) | ||
| With parents | 16 (6.3%) | 48.96 (28.03) | ||
| Other | 2 (0.8%) | 54.17 (64.82) | ||
| Family Income (monthly) | ||||
| Low (under 4000 RMBa) | 131 (53.0%) | 55.41 (26.67) | 3.804 | .024 |
| Middle (4000–8000 RMB) | 80 (32.4%) | 62.19 (23.83) | (2.244) | |
| High (above 8000 RMB) | 36 (14.6%) | 48.84 (22.81) | ||
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 87 (35.4%) | 47.99 (26.53) | 5.600b | .001* |
| Unemployed | 31 (12.6%) | 61.02 (20.79) | (3.240) | |
| Retired | 113 (45.9%) | 61.80 (24.13) | ||
| Homemaker | 13 (5.3%) | 58.33 (22.82) | ||
| Student | 1 (0.4%) | 83.33 (−) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.4%) | 0.00 (−) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Elementary school | 14 (5.7%) | 51.79 (25.36) | 2.284 | .080 |
| Middle school | 53 (21.5%) | 59.75 (27.09) | (3.243) | |
| High school | 89 (36.0%) | 60.49 (24.41) | ||
| University degree | 91 (36.4%) | 51.74 (24.74) | ||
All % values are column percentages. *p < .01
aRMB: The renminbi is the currency of the People’s Republic of China; 1000 RMB is equivalent to approximately 125 Euro
bCells with two or less participants were excluded from the analysis of variance