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Table 1 Sociodemographic and -economic data of N2002 and P2015

From: Life situation of women impaired by Thalidomide embryopathy in North Rhine-Westphalia - a comparative analysis of a recent cross-sectional study with earlier data

 

N2002,

(n = 104)

P2015

(n = 115)

p-value

Mean Age (years)

38.0

50.5

not tested+

Educational background

 

< .001*

 University degree (n,%)

19

18.3

41

35.7

 

 Baccalaureate/College (n,%)

26

25.0

19

16.5

 

 Secondary school (n,%)

40

38.4

45

39.1

 

 Less than secondary school (n,%)

19

18.3

10

8.7

 

Occupationa

 

< .001*

 Full-time (n,%)

38

36.5

10

8.7

 

 Part-time (n,%)

22

21.2

33

28.7

 

 Self-employed (n,%)

3

2.9

7

6.1

 

 Retired (n,%)

9

8.7

34

29.6

 

 Non-working/jobless (n,%)

24

23.1

9

7.8

 

 Other (n,%)

0

0.0

22

19.1

 

 Missing (n,%)

8

7.8

0

0.0

 

Relationship status

 

not tested+

 Single (n,%)

43

41.3

26

19.1

 

 Married/domestic partnership (n,%)

44

42.3

68

59.1

 

 Other (n,%)

17

16.3

21

18.3

 

Having a child/children

 

not tested+

 Yes (n,%)

38 c

36.5

≥ 32b

≥ 27.8 b

 

 No (n,%)

66

63.5

≤ 83 b

≤ 72.2 b

 

Persons living in household

 

.891

 One or tw (n,%)o

60

57.7

65

56.5

 

 Theree or more (n,%)

44

42.3

50

43.5

 

Pension received by Conterganstiftung

 

.057

 Yes (n,%)

98

94.2

111

96.5

 

 No (n,%)

6

5.8

1

0.9

 

 Missing (n,%)

0

0.0

3

2.6

 

Estimated mean income (EUR)

1723.55

2036.48

not tested+

  1. *tested significantly at .05 level
  2. +tests not performed due to incomparability of instruments
  3. atested w/out other and missings
  4. basked only indirectly therefore underestimation is likely but represents a lower bound
  5. cchanged due to typing error in original publication, authorized by I. Nippert