Table 3.
Impact of income and family functioning on quality of life among children with cancer or brain tumors
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||||||
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| Beta | SE | P-value | Beta | SE | P-value | Beta | SE | P-value | Beta | SE | P-value | |
| Intercept | 61.9 | 17.4 | 46.0 | 19.3 | 102.6 | 17.6 | 92.8 | 19.0 | ||||
| Log Family IncomeŦ | 9.6 | 4.1 | 0.02 | 8.9 | 4.2 | 0.04 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 0.06 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 0.07 |
| Time Since Diagnosis (Years) | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.02 |
| Child Age | −1.0 | 0.5 | 0.04 | −1.0 | 0.4 | 0.02 | −1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0001 | −1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0001 |
| Parental Age | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.27 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.24 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.13 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.13 |
| Child’s Insurance Status | ||||||||||||
| Private Insurance | −5.5 | 9.6 | 0.57 | −5.9 | 9.3 | 0.53 | −4.3 | 6.8 | 0.53 | −4.5 | 6.9 | 0.51 |
| Public Insurance | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||||||
| Family Functioning (per SD) | -- | -- | -- | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.05 | -- | -- | -- | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.30 |
| Family Burden (per SD) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | −8.7 | 0.2 | <.0001 | −8.2 | 0.2 | <.0001 |
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Centered at the full-sample mean
SD: Standard Deviation; SE: Standard Error