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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics for women reporting at least one newly onset gynecological alarm symptom

From: Women’s barriers for contacting general practice when experiencing gynecological cancer symptoms: a population-based study

 

All women

At least one newly onset symptom, N (%)

GP contact with at least one newly onset symptom, N (%)

All

24 683 (100.0%)

2782 (100.0%)

2181 (100.0%)

Age

 20–39

5554 (22.5%)

1275 (45.8%)

1036 (47.5%)

 40–59

10 680 (43.3%)

1237 (44.5%)

967 (44.3%)

 60 + 

8449 (34.2%)

270 (9.7%)

178 (8.2%)

Labour market affiliation

 Working

16 429 (66.6%)

2269 (81.6%)

1797 (82.4%)

 Pension

5820 (23.6%)

167 (6.0%)

117 (5.4%)

 Out of workforce

1360 (5.5%)

228 (8.2%)

184 (8.4%)

 Disability pension

1074 (4.4%)

118 (4.2%)

83 (3.8%)

Equivalence weighted disposable income

 Low (1st quartile)

4208 (17.0%)

559 (20.1%)

436 (20.0%)

 Middle (2nd and 3rd quartile)

13 055 (52.9%)

1543 (55.5%)

1223 (56.1%)

 High (4th quartile)

7420 (30.1%)

680 (24.4%)

522 (23.9%)

Ethnicity

 Danish

23 155 (93.8%)

2579 (92.7%)

2043 (93.7%)

 Immigrants and descendants of immigrants

1528 (6.2%)

203 (7.3%)

138 (6.3%)

Marital status

 Single

6326 (25.6%)

686 (24.7%)

539 (24.7%)

 Married/cohabiting

18 357 (74.4%)

2096 (75.3%)

1642 (75.3%)

Educational level

 Low (< 10 years)

3069 (12.4%)

214 (7.7%)

151 (6.9%)

 Middle (10–14 years)

12 644 (51.2%)

1461 (52.5%)

1141 (52.3%)

 High (≥ 15 years)

8970 (36.3%)

1107 (39.8%)

889 (40.8%)