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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants (n = 2580)

From: An explorative analysis of the differences in levels of happiness between cancer patients, informal caregivers and the general population

Characteristics

Total (n = 2580)

General Population (n = 2112)

Cancer Patients (n = 342)

Family caregivers (n = 126)

p-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Gender

    

< 0.001

Male

620 (24.0)

479 (22.3)

122 (35.7)

28 (22.2)

 

Female

1960 (76.0)

1672 (77.7)

220 (64.3)

98 (77.8)

Race (ethnicity)

    

< 0.001

White

1729 (67.0)

1483 (70.2)

207 (60.5)

39 (31.0)

 

Black

131 (5.1)

83 (3.9)

30 (8.8)

18 (14.3)

Latino

633 (24.5)

476 (22.5)

90 (26.3)

67 (53.2)

Asian

64 (2.5)

55 (2.6)

07 (2.0)

02 (1.6)

Missing

23 (0.9)

15 (0.7)

08 (2.3)

00 (0.0)

 

Age (years)

    

< 0.001

18–29

983 (38.1)

938 (44.4)

17 (5.0)

28 (22.2)

 

30–39

765 (29.7)

699 (33.1)

24 (7.0)

42 (33.3)

40–49

364 (14.1)

277 (13.1)

68 (19.9)

19 (15.1)

50–59

292 (11.3)

141 (6.7)

124 (36.3)

27 (21.4)

60–69

133 (5.2)

47 (2.2)

78 (22.8)

08 (6.3)

≥ 70

42 (1.6)

10 (0.5)

30 (8.8)

02 (1.6)

Missing

01 (0.0)

00 (00)

01 (0.3)

00 (0.0)

 

Marital status

    

< 0.001

Married

1266 (49.1)

1002 (47.4)

189 (55.3)

75 (59.5)

 

Windowed

64 (2.5)

24 (1.1)

35 (10.2)

05 (4.0)

Separated or divorced

179 (6.9)

123 (5.8)

48 (14.0)

08 (6.3)

Single

1053 (40.8)

951 (45.0)

64 (18.7)

38 (30.2)

Other / Do not Know

18 (1.4)

12 (0.6)

06 (1.8)

00 (0.0)

Place of residence (Brazilian region)

    

< 0.001

North

244 (9.5)

168 (8.0)

19 (5.6)

57 (45.2)

 

Northeast

264 (10.2)

240 (11.4)

06 (1.8)

18 (14.3)

Southeast

1228 (47.6)

964 (45.6)

264 (77.2)

00 (0.0)

Midwest

273 (10.6)

179 (8.5)

46 (13.5)

48 (38.1)

South

571 (22.1)

561 (26.6)

07 (2.0)

03 (2.4)

Location where live

    

< 0.001

Urban Area

2473 (95.9)

2060 (97.5)

312 (91.2)

101 (80.2)

 

Rural Area

107 (4.1)

52 (2.5)

30 (8.8)

25 (19.8)

 

Educational level

    

< 0.001

  < 8 years of education

259 (10.0)

26 (1.2)

186 (54.4)

47 (37.3)

 

8 to 11 years of education

349 (13.5)

218 (10.3)

77 (22.5)

54 (42.9)

 

  > 11 years of education

1970 (76.4)

1866 (88.4)

79 (23.1)

25 (19.8)

 

Missing

02 (0.1)

02 (0.1)

00 (0.0)

00 (0.0)

 

Professional activity currently

    

< 0.001

Yes

2427 (94.1)

2030 (96.1)

282 (82.5)

115 (91.3)

 

No

153 (5.9)

82 (3.9)

60 (17.5)

11 (8.7)

 

Family income*

    

< 0.001

≤ 3.9 minimum wages

703 (27.2)

413 (19.6)

185 (54.1)

105 (83.3)

 

≥ 4 minimum wages

1877 (72.8)

1699 (80.4)

157 (45.9)

21 (16.7)

 

Religions beliefs

    

< 0.001

Catholic

1310 (50.8)

1058 (50.1)

197 (57.6)

55 (43.7)

 

Evangelic

436 (16.9)

333 (15.8)

94 (27.5)

09 (7.1)

 

Spiritist

413 (16.0)

382 (18.1)

30 (8.8)

01 (0.8)

 

Other

28 (1.1)

24 (1.1)

02 (0.6)

02 (1.6)

 

No formal religion

387 (15.0)

309 (14.6)

19 (5.6)

59 (46.8)

 

Atheist or agnostic

06 (0.2)

06 (0.3)

00 (0.0)

00 (0.0)

 
  1. *Brazilian minimum wage