Table 2.

Demographic, employment factors and clinical characteristics of Pathways participants by employment change from baseline to 6-month follow-up

	All (n=2013)		Not working at baseline or follow-up (n=843)		Began working between baseline and follow-up (n=32)		Stopped working between baseline and follow-up (n=347)		Working at baseline and follow-up (n=789)		P -value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Demographic factors
Age at diagnosis											<.0001
<50	384	19.08	49	5.81	7	21.88	97	27.95	231	29.28
50–59	545	27.07	95	11.27	3	9.38	139	40.06	307	38.91
60–69	637	31.64	321	38.08	15	46.88	88	25.36	213	27.00
≥70	447	22.21	378	44.84	7	21.88	23	6.63	38	4.82
Race/ethnicity											<.0001
White	1418	70.44	640	75.92	24	75.00	198	57.06	554	70.22
Black	116	5.76	52	6.17	0	0.00	27	7.78	37	4.69
Hispanic	210	10.43	72	8.54	3	9.38	50	14.41	85	10.77
Asian	215	10.68	52	6.17	4	12.50	65	18.73	94	11.91
Other	54	2.68	27	3.20	1	3.13	7	2.02	19	2.41
Education											<.0001
High school or less	294	14.61	168	19.93	7	21.88	48	13.83	71	9.00
Some college	696	34.58	327	38.79	11	34.38	113	32.56	245	31.05
College graduate	546	27.12	194	23.01	6	18.75	109	31.41	236	29.91
Post-graduate	476	23.65	153	18.15	8	25.00	77	22.19	237	30.04
Annual household income											<.0001
<$25,000	189	9.39	132	15.66	3	9.38	22	6.34	32	4.06
$25,000–49,999	390	19.37	185	21.95	5	15.63	58	16.71	141	17.87
$50,000–89,999	605	30.05	235	27.88	15	46.88	103	29.68	251	31.81
≥90,000	630	31.30	165	19.57	6	18.75	135	38.90	324	41.06
Unknown	199	9.89	126	14.95	3	9.38	29	8.36	41	5.20
Number of people supported by household income											<.0001
1	564	28.02	271	32.15	10	31.25	65	18.73	217	27.50
2	899	44.66	428	50.77	10	31.25	147	42.36	313	39.67
≥3	511	25.38	120	14.23	10	31.25	129	37.18	252	31.94
Partner Status											<.0001
Married	1198	59.51	509	60.38	19	59.38	221	63.69	448	56.78
Living as married	59	2.93	9	1.07	1	3.13	14	4.03	35	4.44
Widowed	228	11.33	161	19.10	6	18.75	14	4.03	47	5.96
Separated/Divorced	365	18.13	129	15.30	6	18.75	67	19.31	162	20.53
Single	160	7.95	34	4.03	0	0.00	31	8.93	95	12.04
Employment Factors
Baseline occupation category											<.0001
Managerial/Professional	1003	49.83	360	42.70	18	56.25	157	45.24	466	59.06
Technical/Sales/Administrative	491	24.39	211	25.03	4	12.50	91	26.22	185	23.45
Service	205	10.18	66	7.83	4	12.50	55	15.85	80	10.14
Operators/Laborers	41	2.04	18	2.14	1	3.13	13	3.75	9	1.14
Homemakers	98	4.87	92	10.97	0	0.00	4	1.15	2	0.25
Difficulty taking time off from work when sick											<.0001
Not difficult	1315	65.33	587	69.63	24	75.00	224	64.55	478	60.58
Difficult	524	26.03	105	12.46	6	18.75	109	31.41	304	38.53
Unknown	174	8.64	151	17.91	2	6.25	14	4.03	7	0.89
Stress from job											<.0001
Not stressful	1376	68.36	766	90.87	27	84.38	215	61.96	366	46.39
Stressful	596	29.61	43	5.10	5	15.63	128	36.89	420	53.23
Unknown	41	2.04	34	4.03	0	0.00	4	1.15	3	0.38
Clinical Characteristics
AJCC Stage											<.0001
Stage I	1038	51.56	484	57.41	15	46.88	111	31.99	427	54.12
Stage II	665	33.04	254	29.06	13	40.63	157	45.24	249	31.56
Stage III	196	9.74	64	7.59	2	6.25	60	17.29	70	8.87
Stage IV	24	1.19	10	1.19	0	0.00	4	1.15	10	1.27
Unknown	90	4.47	40	4.74	2	6.25	15	4.32	33	4.18
Surgery											0.001
Lumpectomy	1243	61.75	555	65.84	20	62.50	178	51.30	488	61.85
Mastectomy	751	37.31	280	33.21	12	37.50	164	47.26	295	37.39
None	19	0.94	8	0.95	0	0.00	5	1.44	6	0.76
Hormone therapy											0.06
Yes	1379	68.50	564	66.90	22	68.75	227	65.42	564	71.48
No	609	30.25	274	32.50	10	31.25	115	33.14	210	26.62
Unknown	25	1.24	5	0.59	0	0.00	5	1.44	15	1.90