Table 4.

Problems with getting social service according to various factors.

	Problems with Getting Social Service
	yes		no		Do not Need to Use or Do not Know about Possibility
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
	22	5.8	255	66.9	104	27.3
Age (years)	range 49–85; average 64.2 ± 10.1; median 62		range 23–93; average 62.5 ± 11.8; median 65		range 16–87; average 63.7 ± 12.5; median 65		0.62
Gender
women	13	59	142	56	46	44	0.12
men	9	41	113	44	58	56
Education
primary	6	27	48	19	21	20	0.89
secondary	11	50	150	59	60	58
high	4	18	52	20	22	21
no data	1	5	5	2	1	1
Professional activity
student	0	0	2	1	2	2	0.28
employed	8	36	93	36	32	31
unemployed	4	18	17	7	6	6
pensioner	9	41	140	55	63	60
no data	1	5	3	1	1	1
Marital status
married	15	67	180	71	71	68	0.92
single	3	14	40	16	15	14.5
widow/er	3	14	32	12	17	16.5
no data	1	5	3	1	1	1
Place of residence
city	19	86	184	72	81	78	0.12
village	2	9	71	28	23	22
no data	1	5	0	0	0	0
Region of Poland
north-east	4	18	48	19	3	3	<0.001
center	4	18	54	21	38	37
south	11	50	71	28	21	20
south-west	3	14	82	32	42	40
Cancer
esophagus or stomach	3	13.5	26	10	12	11.5	0.27
rectum	5	22.5	42	16.5	23	22
breast	2	9	56	22	16	15
gynecological	1	4.7	20	8	8	8
head and neck	1	4.7	29	11	9	8.5
prostate	0	0	2	1	7	7
brain	1	4.7	8	3	5	5
melanoma	0	0	1	0.5	0	0
lung	5	22.5	49	19	17	16
urinary system	1	4.7	5	2	3	3
others	2	9	7	3	2	2
no data	1	4.7	10	4	2	2