Responses and relationship dynamics of men and their spouses during active surveillance for prostate cancer: health literacy as an inquiry framework

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the study participants, a subgroup of the NILS feasibility study

	Men	Spouses
Number of participants	8	8
Age (years)	55-70	55-68
Marital status
- Married/In a relationship	8	8
Education^a
- Vocational training	1	5
- Short-cycle higher education	1	-
- Medium-cycle higher education	5	-
- Long-cycle higher education	1	3
Working status
- Retired	2	3
- Employee	4	5
- Independent	2	-

^aDuration of higher education: Short-cycle higher education: less than 2½ years. Medium-cycle higher education: less than 4 years. Long-cycle higher education: More than 4 years

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