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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Very low neighbourhood income limits participation post stroke: preliminary evidence from a cohort study

 

All (n = 67)

Very low income (n = 6)

Other income (n = 61)

p-value

Number of men (%)

39 (58.2)

5 (83.3)

34 (55.7)

0.19

Mean age (SD), range

64.8 (13.3), 33-88

63.3 (14.6), 44-82

64.5 (13.1), 33-88

0.81

Living situation

   

0.06

Lives alone (%)

13 (19.4)

2 (33.3)

11 (18.0)

 

With spouse (%)

46 (68.7)

2 (33.3)

44 (72.1)

 

Other (%)

8 (11.9)

2 (33.3)

6 (9.8)

 

Occupational status

   

0.67

Retired pre-stroke (%)

29 (43.3)

3 (50.0)

26 (42.6)

 

Retired post stroke (%)

7 (10.4)

0 (0)

7 (11.5)

 

Disability or sick leave (%)

18 (26.9)

2 (33.3)

16 (26.2)

 

Working full or part-time (%)

7 (10.4)

0 (0)

6 (9.8)

 

Homemaker (%)

3 (4.5)

0 (0)

3 (4.9)

 

Unemployed (%)

3 (4.5)

1 (16.7)

2 (3.3)

 

Mean discharge FIM™ (SD), range

111.3 (13.6), 59-126

107.3 (11.7)

111.7 (13.8)

0.82

  1. p-values of t-tests or chi square test