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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of survivors

From: An assessment of quality of life for early phase after adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer survivors: a Korean multicenter survey (KROG 14–09)

 

1st year group

2nd year group

3rd year group

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

p valuea)

Educational statusb)

   

0.238

 

Low or middle

350 (61.0)

193 (59.6)

152 (66.4)

 
 

High

234 (39.0)

131 (40.4)

77 (33.6)

 

Any family member living together

   

0.311

 

Yes

511 (89.2)

294 (89.4)

197 (85.7)

 
 

No

62 (10.8)

35 (10.6)

33 (14.3)

 

Change of employment (before ➔ after)

   

0.807

 

Unemployed ➔ Unemployed

251 (42.8)

138 (41.6)

107 (46.3)

 
 

Employed ➔ Unemployed

123 (21.0)

69 (20.8)

42 (18.2)

 
 

Employed/Unemployed ➔ Employed

213 (36.3)

125 (37.7)

82 (35.5)

 

Household income ($/month)c)

   

0.594

 

< 2500

263 (46.8)

133 (41.8)

105 (46.5)

 
 

2500–4000

202 (35.9)

124 (39.0)

77 (34.1)

 
 

> 4000

97 (17.3)

61 (19.2)

44 (19.5)

 

Hobbies

   

0.013

 

Very active

99 (17.1)

74 (22.5)

64 (27.8)

 
 

Moderate

349 (60.3)

180 (54.7)

120 (52.2)

 
 

Rare

131 (22.6)

75 (22.8)

46 (20.0)

 

Smoking status (Current)

   

0.116

 

Non-smoker

575 (98.3)

317 (96.1)

223 (97.0)

 
 

Smoker

10 (1.7)

13 (3.9)

7 (3.0)

 

Alcohol consumption

   

0.128

 

No

455 (77.6)

265 (80.3)

168 (73.0)

 
 

Yes

131 (22.4)

65 (19.7)

62 (27.0)

 

Physical activity

   

0.596

 

High

183 (33.8)

106 (33.0)

64 (29.0)

 
 

Moderate

188 (34.2)

111 (34.6)

74 (33.5)

 
 

Low

176 (32.0)

104 (32.4)

83 (37.6)

 
  1. a)Pearson’s Chi-square test
  2. b)Low or Middle = High school graduated or below, High = College graduated or higher
  3. c)Household income is estimated to United State dollar from Korean won, with exchange rate of 1 USD for 1200 KRW. The cut-off values are one-third and two-third points according to Korean Statistics