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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants who visited a hospital with dermatological issues in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018

From: Attitudes about and practices for skin cancer prevention among patients with dermatological issues in Hanoi, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Thinking he/she has a risk of skin cancer

p value

No

Yes

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

 Male

144

41.6

164

70.1

308

53.1

< 0.01

 Female

202

58.4

70

29.9

272

46.9

 

Education

 Under high school

54

15.3

11

4.7

65

11.1

< 0.01

 High school

75

21.2

23

9.8

98

16.7

 

 Vocational colleges

59

16.7

23

9.8

82

13.9

 

 University/postgraduate

166

46.9

177

75.6

343

58.3

 

Marital status

 Single/divorce/separation

127

35.7

59

25.2

186

31.5

0.01

 Living with a partner

229

64.3

175

74.8

404

68.5

 

Employmenta

 Freelancer

134

37.7

35

15

169

28.7

< 0.01

 White collar

88

24.8

148

63.2

236

40.1

 

 Blue collar

50

14.1

18

7.7

68

11.5

 

 Student

43

12.1

16

6.8

59

10.0

 

 Others

40

11.3

17

7.3

57

9.7

 

Living area

 Urban

216

60.8

92

39.3

308

52.3

< 0.01

 Rural

139

39.2

142

60.7

281

47.7

 

Have family members with cancer

 Yes

11

3.1

10

4.3

21

3.6

0.46

 No

339

96.9

222

95.7

561

96.4

 

Family income (Vietnamese thousands dong)b

 Lowest (0–10.000)

140

41.08

54

24.43

194

35.53

< 0.01

 Low (11.000–15.000)

52

16.0

118

53.39

170

31.14

 

 High (16.000–20.000)

62

19.08

26

11.76

88

16.12

 

 Highest (23.000–40.000)

71

21.85

23

10.41

94

17.22

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

pvalue

Age

35.9

14

34.8

9.1

35.5

12.3

0.19

  1. aEmployment: freelancer, people who are self-employed; white collar, office workers; blue collar, manual workers
  2. bFamily income: we calculated the mean monthly household income of each group