Table 1 Sociodemographic and cancer characteristics by gender
From: Talking but not always understanding: couple communication about infertility concerns after cancer
Women | Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Age (in years) | 42.58 | 14.21 | 50.66 | 20.61 |
Years since first diagnosis | 5.95 | 7.13 | 7.26 | 6.81 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Anglo-Australian | 573 | 89.7 | 156 | 87.6 |
Asiana | 19 | 3.0 | 4 | 2.2 |
Otherb | 27 | 4.2 | 7 | 3.9 |
Missing | 20 | 3.1 | 11 | 6.2 |
Education level | ||||
Still in school | 26 | 3.7 | 3 | 1.6 |
Completed Secondary School | 151 | 21.7 | 58 | 31.4 |
Trade Certificate or Diploma | 188 | 27.1 | 58 | 31.4 |
Tertiary Degree or Higher | 330 | 47.5 | 66 | 35.7 |
Employment status | ||||
In paid work | 419 | 60.2 | 77 | 41.2 |
Not in paid work | 123 | 17.7 | 28 | 15.0 |
Other§ | 154 | 22.1 | 82 | 43.9 |
Relationship status | ||||
Partnered | 498 | 71.4 | 135 | 72.6 |
Not partnered | 199 | 28.6 | 51 | 27.4 |
Sexual identity | ||||
Heterosexual | 679 | 98.0 | 173 | 94.0 |
Non-heterosexual | 14 | 2.0 | 11 | 6.0 |
Parenthood status (parity) | ||||
Nulliparous | 302 | 43.3 | 68 | 36.4 |
Parous | 396 | 56.7 | 119 | 63.6 |
Stage of cancer at diagnosis | ||||
Early | 457 | 67.4 | 90 | 51.4 |
Advanced | 120 | 17.7 | 55 | 31.4 |
Unknown | 101 | 14.9 | 30 | 17.1 |
Cancer site | ||||
Breast | 390 | 56.8 | 2 | 1.1 |
Hematologic/Blood | 88 | 12.8 | 41 | 22.8 |
Gynaecologic | 90 | 13.1 | – | – |
Genitourinary | 7 | 1.0 | 91 | 50.6 |
Musculoskeletal | 16 | 2.3 | 9 | 5.0 |
Neurologic | 22 | 3.2 | 13 | 7.2 |
Digestive/Gastrointestinal | 33 | 4.8 | 7 | 3.9 |
Skin | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 3.9 |
Head and Neck | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 5.0 |
Respiratory/Thoracic | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.6 |
Cancer type | ||||
Non-reproductive | 200 | 29.1 | 87 | 48.3 |
Reproductive | 487 | 70.9 | 93 | 51.7 |