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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Exploring equity in cancer treatment, survivorship, and service utilisation for culturally and linguistically diverse migrant populations living in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

CALD Cohort

n = 117

Australian-born cohort

n = 406

 

n

%

Mean ± SD

n

%

Mean ± SD

Age

117

 

57.4  ± 15.5

406

 

59.5  ± 12.7

Sex

      

Male

40

34.2

 

192

47.3

 

Female

77

65.8

 

214

52.7

 

Region of birth

      

Australian-born

0

0

 

404

99.5

 

First Nation’s Australian

0

0

 

2

0.5

 

Polynesia

31

26.5

 

0

0

 

South America

3

2.6

 

0

0

 

Europe

37

31.6

 

0

0

 

Asia

37

31.6

 

0

0

 

Africa

5

4.3

 

0

0

 

Middle East

4

3.4

 

0

0

 

Marital Status

      

Married

68

58.1

 

183

45.1

 

De facto

9

7.8

 

39

9.6

 

Separated

19

16.2

 

79

19.5

 

Never married

11

9.4

 

68

16.7

 

Widowed

10

8.5

 

35

8.6

 

Religion

      

Christian

47

40.2

 

165

40.6

 

No religion

59

50.4

 

238

58.6

 

Ratana

2

1.7

 

0

0

 

Buddhist

2

1.7

 

1

0.2

 

Bahai

1

0.9

 

0

0

 

Hindu

3

2.6

 

1

0.2

 

Echkankar

0

0

 

0

0

 

Mormon

1

0.9

 

0

0

 

Judaism

1

0.9

 

1

0.2

 

Muslim

1

0.9

 

0

0

 

Post code

      

Metropolitan

106

90.6

 

286

70.4

 

Regional

7

6.0

 

80

19.7

 

Rural

4

3.4

 

40

9.9

 

Employment status

      

Employed

54

46.1

 

156

38.4

 

Unemployed

14

12.0

 

46

11.3

 

Retired

49

41.9

 

198

48.8

 
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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