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: Received: 26 September 2024 / Approved: 27 September 2024 / Online: 30 September 2024 (11:00:32 CEST)
How to cite:
Justiz-Vaillant, A.; Gopaul, D. Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants. Preprints2024, 2024092275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2275.v1
Justiz-Vaillant, A.; Gopaul, D. Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants. Preprints 2024, 2024092275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2275.v1
Justiz-Vaillant, A.; Gopaul, D. Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants. Preprints2024, 2024092275. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2275.v1
APA Style
Justiz-Vaillant, A., & Gopaul, D. (2024). Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2275.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Justiz-Vaillant, A. and Darren Gopaul. 2024 "Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.2275.v1
Abstract
Abstract: Aim: The aim in this study was to conduct a prospective survey regarding the socio-demographics and lifestyle risk factors for cancer of a population of Caribbean immigrants living in the U.S. Materials and Methods: The data were processed and analysed using SPSS software 27 and Excel. Crosstabulations were performed. The chi-square test was used to evaluate differ-ent hypotheses. Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05. Results: Statistically significant differences in the country of birth of the Caribbean immigrants were found for sex (p = 0.038) and the cleanness of their neighbourhoods (p = 0.045). We found differences in occupations between men and women (p = 0.001). Men were less unemployed than women (p = 0.011). Sex also showed statistically significant differences in how easily the immigrants balanced their work and per-sonal life (p = 0.044). Age groups depicted differences in the physical health of the immigrants (p = 0.001). The use of alcohol and tobacco was not an important risk factor among participants (p = 0.529). Conclusions: These findings suggest that the sociodemographics risk factors for cancer among a population of Caribbean immigrants were significantly different between the sexes. However, the use of tobacco and alcohol showed insignificant differences among the immigrants.
Keywords
Caribbean; West Indians; hypothesis; biostatistics; immigrants; cancer risk factors; Datasets
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Other
Copyright:
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