Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants
| Characteristics | BC Patients | BC Survivors | P-value | Total | National data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Total | 107 (34.6) | 202 (65.4) | 309 (100.0) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 47 (11) | 48 (10) | NS | 48 (10) | NA |
| Education level | |||||
| No formal education/not completed primary education | 9 (8.5) | 6 (3.0) | < 0.001 | 15 (4.9) | 79.2a |
| Having completed primary education | 11 (10.4) | 5 (2.5) | 16 (5.2) | ||
| Having completed secondary education | 23 (21.7) | 16 (8.0) | 39 (12.7) | ||
| Having completed high school education | 19 (17.9) | 38 (18.9) | 57 (18.6) | 20.8a | |
| Graduated university/college/vocational education | 38 (35.8) | 122 (60.7) | 160 (52.1) | ||
| Having completed post-graduate | 6 (5.7) | 14 (7.0) | 20 (6.5) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Single/separated/divorced/widow | 26 (24.8) | 44 (22.0) | NS | 70 (23.0) | NA |
| Married | 79 (75.2) | 156 (78.0) | 235 (77.0) | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Government employee | 25 (23.6) | 64 (32.2) | NS | 89 (29.2) | 45.0b |
| Non-government employee | 12 (11.3) | 32 (16.1) | 44 (14.4) | ||
| Self-employed (included subsistence farming) | 35 (33.0) | 44 (22.1) | 79 (25.9) | NA | |
| Student/Homemaker/Housewife | 11 (10.4) | 16 (8.0) | 27 (8.8) | ||
| Retired | 15 (14.2) | 36 (18.1) | 51 (16.7) | ||
| Unemployed | 8 (7.5) | 7 (3.5) | 15 (4.9) | ||
| Residence area: urban | 51 (53.7) | 157 (77.7) | < 0.001 | 211 (70.1) | 35.0c |
| Household monthly income | |||||
| ≤ 3000000 VND (~ £100) | 25 (24.5) | 18 (9.2) | 0.001 | 43 (14.5) | NA |
| 3000001–6000000 VND (~ £100–200) | 24 (23.5) | 33 (16.9) | 57 (19.2) | ||
| 6000001–9000000 VND (~ £200–300) | 11 (10.8) | 20 (10.3) | 31 (10.4) | ||
| 9000001–12000000 VND (~ £300–400) | 20 (19.6) | 55 (28.2) | 75 (25.3) | ||
| > 12000000 VND (~ £400) | 22 (21.6) | 69 (35.4) | 91 (30.6) | ||
Exchange rate in October 2020: £1 ~ 30,000 VND
BC breast cancer, NA not applicable/available, NS not significant, SD standard deviation
VND vietnamese dong
aData are from Vietnam population and housing census 2009 [22]
bData are from 2018 report of the ministry of labour—invalids and social affairs [23]
cData are from Statistical Summary Book of Vietnam 2017 [24]