Table 1.

Cancer and CPS Controls MIS 1, MIS 4, and MIS 5 Sample Characteristics, Married, Employed, and Insured Men

	(1) Control MIS 1 to MIS 4	(2) Control MIS 1 to MIS 5	(3) Cancer
N	451	328	373
Age, Mean (SD)	46.06 (9.41)	46.09 (9.36)	53.35 (7.80)***
Race			***
Non-Hispanic White	76.76	78.42	78.95
Non-Hispanic Black	13.22	11.87	17.11
Other	10.02	9.71	3.95
Education
High school or less	30.49	30.94	27.37
Some college or Associates degree	23.45	23.38	22.89
Bachelor or Advanced degree	46.06	45.68	49.74
Household income			***
<$40,000	6.82	6.47	2.37
$40,000–$75,000	25.59	25.54	17.37
$75,000–$150,000	42.00	42.09	53.42
>$150,000	25.59	25.90	26.84
Has children under 18 years old	62.69	64.03	44.47***
Insures wife	53.44	53.05	45.84
Baseline hours worked
Weekly hours worked, Mean (SD)	44.48 (9.27)	44.53 (9.64)	47.03 (10.46)***
Wife weekly hours worked, Mean (SD)	38.24 (10.85)	38.35 (10.48)	40.87 (11.54)***
2 months post-treatment
Percent stopped working	1.77	N/A	3.21
Weekly hours worked, Mean (SD)	42.69 (11.82)	N/A	44.36 (13.05)**
Change in hours worked, Mean (SD)	−1.79 (10.59)	N/A	−2.67 (10.22)
Percent change in hours worked, Mean (SD)	−0.02 (0.38)	N/A	−0.05 (0.25)
Percent who decreased hours worked	23.01	N/A	36.01***
Percent with a wife who decreased hours worked	27.88	N/A	61.76***
9 months post-treatment
Percent stopped working	N/A	4.27	4.76
Weekly hours worked, Mean (SD)	N/A	42.91 (13.16)	44.46 (16.10)
Change in hours worked, Mean (SD)	N/A	−1.70 (11.10)	−2.99 (12.36)
Percent change in hours worked, Mean (SD)	N/A	−0.02 (0.33)	−0.06 (0.28)*
Percent who decreased hours worked	N/A	26.43	37.04***
Percent with a wife who decreased hours worked	N/A	28.82	49.74***

Notes: MIS=month in sample; CPS=Current Population Survey; SD=standard deviation. Statistics shown as percentages unless otherwise noted. In the second interview, the cancer sample decreased by 3 subjects due to missing weekly hours worked (n=2) and one subject becoming disabled.

^*p < .1,

^**p < .05,

^***p < .01.