Table 5.
Mean scores and demographic correlates of worries about the social consequences of a cancer diagnosis (range: 1–4; unweighted; N = 1773)
| Characteristic | Social worries | Univariate$ | Multivariate$,a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | B (SE) | β | Significance | B (SE) | β | Significance | |
| Total sample | 2.04 (0.75) | ||||||
| Age | −.011 (.001) | −.239 | p < .001 | −.011 (.001) | −.226 | p < .001 | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 1.95 (0.72) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Female | 2.12 (0.77) | .171 (.035) | .114 | p < .001 | .160 (.035) | .107 | p < .001 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 2.01 (0.73) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| BAMEb | 2.24 (0.83) | .226 (.049) | .108 | p < .001 | .153 (.049) | .073 | p < .01 |
| Social grade | |||||||
| AB (highest) | 1.99 (0.72) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| C1 | 2.05 (0.74) | .009 (.039) | .006 | p = .82 | −.010 (.052) | −.006 | p = .84 |
| C2 | 2.11 (0.74) | .083 (.043) | .046 | p = .05 | .086 (.055) | .047 | p = .12 |
| DE (lowest) | 2.02 (0.78) | −.034 (.038) | −.021 | p = .38 | −.012 (.052) | −.008 | p = .82 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married or living as married | 2.02 (0.73) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Single | 2.13 (0.78) | .128 (.039) | .078 | p < .01 | .006 (.042) | .003 | p = .90 |
| Widowed/separated/divorced | 1.95 (0.75) | −.109 (.057) | −.045 | p = .06 | .047 (.059) | .019 | p = .43 |
R2 = .076
$Values in bold are significant at p < .05
aMutually adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, social grade, and marital status
bBAME = Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic