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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Socio-economic inequalities in suffering at the end of life among advanced cancer patients: results from the APPROACH study in five Asian countries

Characteristic

Full sample

China

India

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N

1378

183

601

194

200

200

Age, mean (SD), range

53.0 (13.1), 21–87

58.2 (13.5), 21–87

50.1 (12.6), 21–84

52.1 (13.2), 22–86

55.8 (12.8), 22–83

55.2 (11.1), 22–87

Missing

1 (0.1)

–

–

1 (0.5)

–

–

Sex

 Male

646 (46.9)

96 (52.5)

317 (52.8)

59 (30.4)

67 (33.5)

107 (53.5)

 Female

731 (52.8)

86 (47.0)

284 (46.8)

135 (69.6)

133 (66.5)

93 (46.5)

 Missing, if any

1 (0.1)

1 (0.5)

–

–

–

–

Type of patient

 Outpatient

461 (33.5)

59 (32.1)

339 (56.4)

34 (17.5)

15 (7.5)

14 (7.0)

 Inpatient

915 (66.4)

122 (66.7)

262 (43.6)

160 (82.5)

185 (92.5)

186 (93.0)

 Missing, if any

2 (0.1)

2 (1.1)

–

–

–

–

Economic status of household

 Low

405 (29.4)

16 (8.7)

204 (33.9)

65 (33.5)

55 (27.5)

65 (32.5)

 Middle

642 (46.6)

75 (41.2)

288 (47.9)

84 (40.3)

114 (57.0)

81 (40.5)

 High

308 (22.4)

90 (49.2)

106 (17.6)

27 (13.9)

31 (15.5)

54 (27.0)

 Missing, if any

23 (1.7)

2 (1.1)

3 (0.5)

18 (9.3)

–

–

Years of education, median, IQR, range

9, 8, 0–25

12, 6, 0–20

5, 10, 0–25

5, 6, 0–15

11, 5, 0–23

10, 4, 0–20

Missing, if any

17 (1.4)

14 (7.6)

–

3 (1.5)

 

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