Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health insurance factors by age among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors (N = 24)
| Total (N = 24) | Age at diagnosis | |||||
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| Younger AYAs (15–25 years) (N = 12) | Older AYAs (26–39 years) (N = 12) | |||||
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
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| Treatment statusa | ||||||
| On treatment | 15 | 62.5 | 6 | 50.0 | 9 | 81.8 |
| Off treatment | 8 | 33.3 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 10 | 41.7 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Female | 14 | 58.3 | 6 | 50.0 | 8 | 66.7 |
| Education | ||||||
| College graduate or higher | 8 | 33.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 7 | 58.3 |
| Some college | 14 | 58.3 | 9 | 75.0 | 5 | 41.7 |
| High school education or less | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 19 | 79.2 | 9 | 75.0 | 10 | 83.3 |
| Hispanic White | 4 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 |
| Non-Hispanic racial minority | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Sexual minority | 2 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Heterosexual | 22 | 91.7 | 11 | 91.7 | 11 | 91.7 |
| Health insurance status at surveyb | ||||||
| Private insurance | 21 | 87.5 | 10 | 83.3 | 11 | 91.7 |
| Public insurance | 5 | 20.8 | 1 | 8.3 | 4 | 33.3 |
| I don’t know | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Health insurance policy holder | ||||||
| Self | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 8.3 | 9 | 75.0 |
| Spouse | 3 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Parent | 11 | 45.8 | 11 | 91.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Health insurance literacy measure (HILM) | 55.6 | 10.1 | 53.9 | 11.1 | 57.3 | 9.1 |
a
Missing N = 1
b
Percentages add up to more than 100% as some participants had more than one health insurance coverage type (i.e., public and private)