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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women with cervical cancer according to socioeconomic status

From: Sociodemographic characteristics and their association with survival in women with cervical cancer

Variable

Totalb

SES 1–2

SES 3–6

p**

Study population, n (%)

4631 (100)

3443 (74.3)

1171 (25.3)

 

Age, yearsa,d

51 (18–97)

50 (19–97)

52 (18–95)

 < 0.0001

Geriatricc, n (%)

1304 (28.3)

942 (27.4)

362 (30.9)

0.02

Age of menarchea,d

13 (7–24)

13 (7–24)

13 (7–24)

0.065

Age of sexual debuta,d

17 (6–54)

17 (6–54)

18 (6–41)

 < 0.0001

Paritya,d

4 (0–22)

4 (0–22)

5.5 (1–11)

 < 0.0001

Area of residencec, n (%)

 Urban

2565 (44.4)

1646 (47.8)

915 (78.1)

 < 0.0001

 Rural or Suburban

2058 (55.4)

1797 (52.2)

256 (21.9)

 No data

8 (0.2)

  

Marital statusc, n (%)

 Single, widow, divorced, separated

2276 (49.1)

1711 (49.7)

559 (47.7)

0.24

 Married, common-law union

2352 (50.8)

1730 (50.3)

612 (52.3)

 No data

3 (0.1)

  

Education levelc, n (%)

 No studies

2240 (48.4)

1778 (51.7)

451 (35.5)

 < 0.0001

 Elementary School or higher

2387 (51.5)

1664 (48.3)

719 (61.5)

 No data

4 (0.1)

  

Occupationc, n (%)

 No occupation

3634 (78.5)

2735 (79.5)

885 (75.6)

 < 0.0001

 Elementary occupations

839 (18.1)

658 (19.1)

181 (15.5)

 Other

158 (3.3)

49 (1.4)

105 (9)

 No data

3 (0.1)

  

Main economic providerc, n (%)

 Partner

1831 (39.5)

1359 (39.5)

468 (40)

0.422

 Adult progeny

1349 (29.1)

988 (28.7)

358 (30.6)

 Patient

822 (17.7)

625 (18.2)

197 (16.9)

 Other

614 (13.3)

468 (13.6)

146 (12.5)

 No data

15 (0.3)

  

 % Revenue spenta,d

80 (0–1000)

83.3 (0–1000)

57.1 (0–377)

 < 0.0001

  1. SES socioeconomic status
  2. **p value represents differences between SES 1–2 vs. SES 3–6. p < 0.05 is indicated in Bold font
  3. aMedian (minimum–maximum)
  4. bNo record of SES was found for 17 patients
  5. cChi-squared test
  6. dMann–Whitney U test