Table 1.

Demographic, employment factors and clinical characteristics of Pathways participants by hours worked per week at baseline and 6-month follow-up

	Baseline Hours Worked per Week
	All (n=2013)		0 Hours (n=601)		1–19 Hours (n=488)		20–34 Hours (n=489)		≥35 Hours (n=411)		P -value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Demographic factors
Age at diagnosis											<.0001
<50	384	19.08	39	6.49	52	10.66	147	30.06	141	34.31
50–59	545	27.07	76	12.65	76	15.57	205	41.92	181	44.04
60–69	637	31.64	238	39.60	187	38.32	126	25.77	79	19.22
≥70	447	22.21	248	41.26	173	35.45	11	2.25	10	2.43
Race/ethnicity											<.0001
White	1418	70.44	436	72.55	390	79.92	299	61.15	277	67.40
Black	116	5.76	38	6.32	21	4.30	35	7.16	21	5.11
Hispanic	210	10.43	57	9.48	41	8.40	64	13.09	45	10.95
Asian	215	10.68	48	7.99	24	4.92	83	16.97	56	13.63
Other	54	2.68	22	3.66	12	2.46	8	1.64	12	2.92
Education											<.0001
High school or less	294	14.16	143	23.79	54	11.07	68	13.91	28	6.81
Some college	696	34.58	250	41.60	153	31.35	164	33.54	122	29.68
College graduate	546	27.12	117	19.47	144	29.51	148	30.27	126	30.66
Post-graduate	476	23.65	91	15.14	136	27.87	109	22.29	135	32.85
Annual household income											<.0001
<$25,000	189	9.39	99	16.47	54	11.07	24	4.91	10	2.43
$25,000–49,999	390	19.37	123	20.47	110	22.54	99	20.25	53	12.90
$50,000–89,999	605	30.05	161	26.79	152	31.15	155	31.70	128	31.14
≥90,000	630	31.30	110	18.30	133	27.25	174	35.58	205	49.88
Unknown	199	9.89	108	17.97	39	7.99	37	7.57	15	3.65
Number of people supported by household income											<.0001
1	564	28.02	187	31.11	158	32.38	120	24.54	93	22.63
2	899	44.66	299	49.75	238	48.77	195	39.88	157	38.20
≥3	511	25.38	94	15.64	83	17.01	167	34.15	159	38.69
Partner Status											<.0001
Married	1198	59.51	361	60.07	306	62.70	287	58.69	229	55.72
Living as married	59	2.93	7	1.16	6	1.23	23	4.70	22	5.35
Widowed	228	11.33	114	18.97	65	13.32	26	5.32	23	5.60
Separated/Divorced	365	18.13	97	16.14	78	15.98	92	18.81	91	22.14
Single	160	7.95	22	3.66	32	6.56	60	12.27	45	10.95
Employment Factors
Baseline occupation category											<.0001
Managerial/Professional	1003	49.83	241	40.10	258	52.87	229	46.83	263	63.99
Technical/Sales/Administrative	491	24.39	148	24.63	112	22.95	153	31.29	72	17.52
Service	205	10.18	56	9.32	41	8.40	69	14.11	37	9.00
Operators/Laborers	41	2.04	16	2.66	7	1.43	7	1.43	10	2.43
Homemakers	98	4.87	65	10.82	28	5.74	3	0.61	0	0.00
Difficulty taking time off from work when sick											<.0001
Not difficult	1315	65.33	428	71.21	324	66.39	320	65.44	228	55.47
Difficult	524	26.03	66	10.98	107	21.93	164	33.54	180	43.80
Unknown	174	8.64	107	17.80	57	11.68	5	1.02	3	0.73
Stress from job											<.0001
Not stressful	1376	68.36	543	90.35	379	77.66	243	49.69	196	47.69
Stressful	596	29.61	36	5.99	96	19.67	243	49.69	213	51.82
Unknown	41	2.04	22	3.66	13	2.66	3	0.61	2	0.49
Clinical Characteristics
AJCC Stage											0.0004
Stage I	1038	51.56	337	56.07	278	56.97	217	44.38	193	46.96
Stage II	665	33.04	184	30.62	133	27.25	188	38.45	153	37.23
Stage III	196	9.74	46	7.56	48	9.84	54	11.04	45	10.95
Stage IV	24	1.19	6	1.00	8	1.64	4	0.82	6	1.46
Unknown	90	4.47	28	4.66	21	4.30	26	5.32	14	3.41
Surgery											0.19
Lumpectomy	1243	61.75	373	62.06	325	66.60	283	57.87	249	60.58
Mastectomy	751	37.31	222	36.94	158	32.38	201	41.10	159	38.69
None	19	0.94	6	1.00	5	1.02	5	1.02	3	0.73
Hormone therapy											0.39
Yes	1379	68.50	400	66.56	339	69.47	342	69.94	284	69.10
No	609	30.25	199	33.11	143	29.30	140	28.63	118	28.71
Unknown	25	1.24	2	0.33	6	1.23	7	1.43	9	2.19
	Follow-Up Hours Worked per Week (only characteristics where pattern differed from baseline shown)
	All (n=2013)		0 Hours (n=969)		1–19 Hours (n=402)		20–34 Hours (n=360)		≥35 Hours (n=219)		P -value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Employment Factors
Baseline occupation category											<.0001
Managerial/Professional	1003	49.83	410	42.31	210	52.24	208	57.78	142	64.84
Technical/Sales/Administrative	491	24.39	242	24.97	97	24.13	96	26.67	41	18.72
Service	205	10.18	107	11.04	37	9.20	37	10.28	19	8.68
Operators/Laborers	41	2.04	27	2.79	7	1.74	2	0.56	3	1.37
Homemakers	98	4.87	82	8.46	15	3.73	1	0.28	0	0.00
Clinical Characteristics
AJCC Stage											0.01
Stage I	1038	51.56	461	47.57	226	56.22	190	52.78	130	59.36
Stage II	665	33.04	347	35.81	110	27.36	117	32.50	70	31.96
Stage III	196	9.74	107	11.04	40	9.95	30	8.33	12	5.48
Stage IV	24	1.19	12	1.24	6	1.49	5	1.39	1	0.46
Unknown	90	4.47	42	4.33	20	4.98	18	5.00	6	2.47