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Table 1 Participants' demographic and health information

From: "Done more for me in a fortnight than anybody done in all me life." How welfare rights advice can help people with cancer

Category of information collected

Number of participants

IMD Quintile [16]

1 (highest deprivation)

7

 

2

8

 

3

4

 

4

3

 

5 (lowest deprivation)

0

Rural/Urban Indicator [28]

3 (Village-sparse)

1

 

5 (Urban-less sparse)

9

 

6 (Town & Fringe-less sparse)

7

 

7 (Village-less sparse)

5

Employment status

Back to work

1

 

In work part time over 16 hours

1

 

Year off work to care

1

 

Off work long term (cancer)

4

 

Off work short term (cancer)

4

 

Off work long term (other morbidity)

3

 

Unsure

1

 

Retired (over state pension age)

7

Cancer Type

Bile Duct

1

 

Breast

4

 

Bowel

2

 

Lymphoma

2

 

Lung

3

 

Melanoma

1

 

Myeloid leukaemia

1

 

Oesophageal

1

 

Parotid gland

1

 

Prostate

2

 

Spine

1

 

Thyroid

1

 

Tongue

1

 

Not stated

1