Profiles of instrumental, emotional, and informational support in Chinese breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a latent class analysis

Table 4 Potential predictors of latent class membership

Characteristics	Class 2 (n = 157)		P value	Class 3 (n = 390)		P value
Characteristics	OR	95% C.I	P value	OR	95% C.I	P value
Educational background
Primary school or below	Ref			Ref
Secondary school	0.86	0.56–1.72	0.62	0.77	0.58–2.11	0.56
High school	1.32	0.79–1.91	0.01	1.72	1.34–2.87	< 0.00
University or above	1.67	0.87–2.74	0.64	2.35	1.25–3.36	< 0.00
Employment status
Unemployed	Ref			Ref
Retired	2.66	1.62–3.52	< 0.00	1.42	0.51–2.57	0.35
Employed	1.32	0.43–2.67	0.42	3.31	0.68–5.27	< 0.00
Monthly family income
≤ ¥6000	Ref			Ref
> ¥6000	1.14	0.33–1.87	0.02	2.43	0.54–3.87	< 0.00
Health insurance
No	Ref			Ref
Yes	1.22	0.77–2.13	0.65	1.67	0.63–2.53	0.01

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