Psychometric properties of KIDSCREEN-27 among childhood cancer survivors and age matched peers: a Rasch analysis

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participating survivors and comparison group

	Survivors	Comparison group	df	pª	Total sample
	n = 63	n = 257			n = 320
	n, (%)	n, (%)
Sex, n (%)			1	0.092
Female	26 (41)	139 (54)			165 (52)
Male	37 (59)	118 (46)			155 (48)
Living situation, n (%)
With parent/parents	56 (89)	214 (83)	1	0.364^b	270 (84)
Alone	4 (6)	18 (7)			22 (7)
With partner	1 (2)	14 (6)			15 (5)
Other constellation*	2 (3)	11 (4)			13 (4)
Occupation, n (%)
Education	52 (82)	206 (80)	1	0.802^c	258 (81)
Work	6 (10)	41 (16)	1	0.274^d	47 (15)
Unemployed	3 (5)	10 (4)			13 (4)
Sick leave	2 (3)	0			2 (<1)

ªTested for differences in proportions by Chi-square test.
^bTested between those living with one or two parents vs. those reporting other living arrangements.
^cTested between those in education vs. those not in education.
^dTested between those working vs those not working.
*Other constellation: includes living with friends, other relatives or combined living, e.g. parents/student apartment.

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