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Table 3 Work and income

From: Survey of transfemoral amputee experience and priorities for the user-centered design of powered robotic transfemoral prostheses

 

Overall

NMPK

MPK

p*

Employment status

 Stable Employment

60

20

40

 > 0.999

 Part-time Employment

5

2

3

 In search of work

9

3

6

 Don't work

12

7

5

 Student

3

1

2

 Retired

22

11

11

 Homemaker

2

1

1

 Total

114

45

68

Physical occupation (prior)?

 Y

72

23

49

0.0800

 N

23

12

11

Same occupation as before amputation?

 Y

31

16

15

0.0945

 N

76

26

50

Negative influence of amputation on work ability (1–4)

3(3)

3(3)

3(3)

0.9834

  

Med (IQR)

  

Annual income

1 (1)

1 (1)

1 (2)

 

 Decline to specify

32

6

26

0.6407

  < 18,000€

43

21

22

 18,000–36,000 €

20

10

10

 36,000–70,000 €

12

6

6

 70,000–100,000 €

7

2

5

  > 100.000 €

0

0

0

  1. *P values computed using chi-squared test for binary questions, 2-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for categorial variables, and Mann–Whitney U test for ordinal variables