Table 3.

Distribution of household sociodemographic factors in a subsample with enhanced individual-level data on SES, by IIRC grade, enucleation and adjuvant chemotherapy

	n	% D or E IIRC grade	% enucleation	% adjuvant chemotherapy
Language spoken
English only	63	73.0	69.4	41.9
English and other language	15	86.7	66.7	36.4
No English	1	100	100	0
		p=0.46	p=0.78	p=0.67
Employment status*
Student/unemployed	5	100	80.0	75
Employed	74	74.3	68.5	37.3
		p=0.94	p=0.59	p=0.14
Social class status*
Professional	22	90.9	72.7	43.8
Skilled	28	60.7	64.3	42.1
Semiskilled	11	81.8	72.7	25.0
Manual	9	77.8	75.0	33.0
		p=0.09	p=0.89	p=0.81
Highest qualification of main carer
None	8	87.5	75.0	33.3
O level†	23	65.2	54.6	41.7
A level‡	16	68.8	81.3	30.8
Degree	32	84.4	71.9	45.8
		p=0.29	p=0.32	p=0.82
Accommodation tenure
Home owner	59	76.3	65.5	46.2
Rental accommodation	20	75.0	80.0	25.0
		p=0.91	p=0.23	p=0.15

*Main wage earner.

†State examination at age 16.

‡State examination at age 18.

IIRC, International Intraocular Retinoblastoma Classification; SES, socioeconomic status.