What is it about a cancer diagnosis that would worry people? A population-based survey of adults in England

BMC Cancer

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
BAME^b	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

ISSN: 1471-2407