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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the sample

From: Quality of life utility values for hereditary haemochromatosis in Australia

 

AQol-4D completers

AQoL-4D non-completers

p value

n = 221

n = 47

Age, mean ± SD

52.7 ± 14.2

53.6 ± 13.2

0.694

Sex (male)

41.6 %

41.3 %

0.552

Relationship status:

 currently married/defacto

79.6 %

68.1 %

0.066

Country of birth:

 Australia

83.7 %

85.1 %

0.506

 United Kingdom

9.0 %

8.5 %

0.584

Highest level of education completeda:

 < yr 12

24.7 %

25.0 %

0.565

 certificate, Trade etc.

31.7 %

39.4 %

0.245

 yr 12

10.4 %

3.0 %

0.149

 university

35.7 %

33.3 %

0.476

Labour force participation:

 employed full time

32.1 %

17.0 %

0.026

 employed part-time

15.4 %

14.9 %

0.568

 self-employed

9.0 %

10.6 %

0.455

 retired

25.3 %

19.1 %

0.242

 Unemployed

5.4 %

4.3 %

0.542

  1. aFor this question, n = 33 for the non-completer group