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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2009 Feb;22(1):28–35. doi: 10.1002/jts.20382

Table 1.

Demographic and Cancer Variables

Child age [M (SD)] 12.9 (3.0)
Years since diagnosis 4.8 (5.3)
Gender [N (%)]
 Male 62 (51.2)
 Female 59 (48.8)
Ethnicity
 Caucasian 93 (76.9)
 African American 25 (20.7)
 Other 3 (2.5)
SESa
 I & II 34 (28.2)
 III 38 (31.6)
 IV & V 49 (40.0)
Treatment status
 Receiving active therapy 74 (61.2)
 Completed therapy 47 (38.8)
Type of cancer
 ALLb 42 (34.7)
 Other leukemia 14 (11.6)
 HD/NHLc 14 (11.6)
 Solid tumor 40 (33.1)
 Brain tumor 11 (9.1)
Parent respondent
 Mother 99 (81.8)
 Father 18 (14.9)
 Otherd 4 (3.3)
a

Note. Socioeconomic status per Hollingshead four-factor index (Hollingshead, 1975)

b

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

c

Hodgkins disease/non-Hodgkins lymphoma

d

Stepparent or grandparent as custodial guardian