Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations between income, sociodemographic factors, and quality of life in children with and without cancer or brain tumors

	Unadjusteda			Adjustedb
	Beta	SE	P-value	Beta	SE	P-value
Intercept				95.9	7.5
Case Status (1=child with cancer/brain tumor)	−18.7	2.2	<.0001	−17.1	2.1	<.0001
Log Family IncomeŦ	6.9	2.0	0.001	0.7	1.3	0.563
Interaction (Case Status by Log Income)				10.2	3.8	0.008
Parent’s Education
High School Graduate or Less	REF			REF
Some College	0.2	4.4	0.957	−2.2	4.4	0.619
College Graduate	6.0	4.0	0.137	−0.7	4.3	0.867
Professional or Graduate Degree	5.8	4.2	0.167	−1.1	4.3	0.798
Parent’s Employment Status
Employed Full-Time	REF			REF
Employed Part-Time	−3.3	2.3	0.145	−3.4	1.7	0.049
Not Employed Outside the Home	−0.6	3.1	0.841	−0.6	2.4	0.806
Child’s Insurance Status
Private Insurance	10.5	8.1	0.195	−7.4	6.4	0.248
Public Insurance	REF				REF

^abivariate analyses;

^bmultivariate analyses, controlling for all variables in the table

^ŦCentered at the full-sample mean

SE: Standard Error