Strategies to Promote Empowerment Status of Breast Cancer Women

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied patients in the quantitative phase.

Variables		Number of patients	%
Marital status	Single	56	18.1
	Married	254	81.9
	Total	310	100
How to live	Alone	11	3.5
	With family	299	96.5
	Total	310	100
Being head of household	Yes	37	11.9
	No	273	88.1
	Total	310	100
Education level	Illiterate	23	7.4
	Elementary school	234	75.5
	Academic	53	17.1
	Total	310	100
Residence	Local	142	45.8
	Nonlocal	168	54.2
	Total	310	100
Employment status	Employed	43	3.5
	Retired	11	13.9
	Unemployed	256	85.5
	Total	310	100
Stage of the disease	Stage 1	14	4.5
	Stage 2	23	7.4
	Stage 3	7	2.3
	Missing	266	85.8
	Total	310	100
History of other diseases	Yes	68	21.9
	No	242	78.1
	Total	310	100
Having a job before the disease	Yes	62	19.9
	No	249	80.1
	Total	310	100