Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample by trends in financial difficulties (N = 363)
| Covariates | Trends in financial difficulties | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Always | Initial | Acquired | Delayed | Other | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Migration background | ||||||||||||
| No | 168 | 91.3 | 22 | 84.6 | 14 | 82.4 | 64 | 82.1 | 29 | 80.6 | 17 | 77.3 |
| Yes | 15 | 8.2 | 4 | 15.4 | 3 | 17.7 | 14 | 18.0 | 7 | 19.4 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age class | ||||||||||||
| Under 45 years | 6 | 3.3 | 9 | 34.6 | 2 | 11.8 | 6 | 7.7 | 3 | 8.3 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Between 45 and 65 years | 101 | 54.9 | 15 | 57.7 | 8 | 47.1 | 55 | 70.5 | 21 | 58.3 | 16 | 72.7 |
| Over 65 years | 77 | 41.9 | 2 | 7.7 | 7 | 41.2 | 17 | 21.8 | 12 | 33.3 | 4 | 18.2 |
| Educational level | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 10 years | 43 | 23.4 | 7 | 26.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 12 | 15.4 | 3 | 8.3 | 6 | 27.3 |
| > 10 years | 140 | 76.1 | 18 | 69.2 | 15 | 88.2 | 66 | 84.6 | 33 | 91.7 | 16 | 72.7 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||
| Non-employed* | 24 | 13.0 | 3 | 11.5 | 3 | 17.7 | 6 | 7.7 | 5 | 13.9 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Employed | 160 | 87.0 | 23 | 88.5 | 14 | 82.4 | 72 | 92.3 | 31 | 86.1 | 20 | 90.9 |
| Monthly equivalent household income | ||||||||||||
| < 1,000 euros | 41 | 22.3 | 8 | 30.7 | 5 | 29.4 | 40 | 51.2 | 15 | 41.7 | 10 | 22.7 |
| Between 1,000 and 2,000 euros | 102 | 55.4 | 11 | 42.3 | 8 | 47.1 | 24 | 30.8 | 10 | 27.8 | 7 | 31.8 |
| Missing | 41 | 22.3 | 7 | 26.9 | 4 | 23.5 | 14 | 17.9 | 11 | 30.6 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Trends in equivalent income | ||||||||||||
| Stable | 25 | 84.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 5 | 29.4 | 11 | 14.1 | 7 | 19.4 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Increased | 4 | 13.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missing | 155 | 84.2 | 19 | 73.1 | 12 | 70.6 | 66 | 84.6 | 29 | 80.6 | 17 | 77.3 |
| Severity of the disease | ||||||||||||
| Low-to-intermediate risk of death | 162 | 88.0 | 18 | 69.2 | 14 | 82.4 | 58 | 74.4 | 30 | 83.3 | 19 | 86.4 |
| High risk of death | 20 | 10.9 | 8 | 30.8 | 3 | 17.7 | 20 | 25.6 | 6 | 16.7 | 3 | 13.6 |
| Missing | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Progression of the disease | ||||||||||||
| No progression | 181 | 98.4 | 24 | 92.3 | 14 | 82.4 | 74 | 94.9 | 35 | 97.2 | 20 | 90.9 |
| Recidivism and/or metastases | 3 | 1.6 | 2 | 7.7 | 3 | 17.7 | 4 | 5.1 | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Partnership status | ||||||||||||
| Non-co-inhabiting | 33 | 17.9 | 10 | 38.5 | 3 | 17.7 | 22 | 28.2 | 7 | 19.4 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Co-inhabiting | 148 | 80.4 | 16 | 61.5 | 13 | 76.5 | 55 | 70.5 | 29 | 80.6 | 17 | 77.3 |
| Missing | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trends in partnership status | ||||||||||||
| Never co-inhabiting | 32 | 17.4 | 7 | 26.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 20 | 25.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 4 | 18.2 |
| Always co-inhabiting | 112 | 60.9 | 12 | 46.2 | 8 | 47.1 | 47 | 60.3 | 23 | 63.9 | 11 | 50.0 |
| Co-inhabiting yes-to-no | 36 | 19.6 | 4 | 15.4 | 5 | 29.4 | 8 | 10.3 | 6 | 16.7 | 6 | 27.3 |
| Co-inhabiting no-to-yes | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 11.5 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 |
| Missing | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Non-employed includes retired, unemployed, homemaker, in training