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: Received: 11 September 2023 / Approved: 12 September 2023 / Online: 12 September 2023 (08:53:01 CEST)
How to cite:
Justiz-Vaillant, A.A.; Gopaul, D. Prospective Survey on Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants Living in the USA. Preprints2023, 2023090736. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0736.v1
Justiz-Vaillant, A.A.; Gopaul, D. Prospective Survey on Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants Living in the USA. Preprints 2023, 2023090736. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0736.v1
Justiz-Vaillant, A.A.; Gopaul, D. Prospective Survey on Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants Living in the USA. Preprints2023, 2023090736. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0736.v1
APA Style
Justiz-Vaillant, A.A., & Gopaul, D. (2023). Prospective Survey on Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants Living in the USA. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0736.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Justiz-Vaillant, A.A. and Darren Gopaul. 2023 "Prospective Survey on Sociodemographics and Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors among a Population of Caribbean Immigrants Living in the USA" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0736.v1
Abstract
: Aim: The aim in this study was to conduct a prospective survey regarding the sociodemographics 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 different 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 personal 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; Hispanic; West Indians; hypothesis; biostatistics; immigrants; cancer risk factors
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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