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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2013 Feb 12;7(2):227–236. doi: 10.1007/s11764-012-0263-5

Table 4.

Change in weekly hours worked at two and nine month post-treatment Interviews

Two month post-treatment interview Nine month post-treatment interview

Full sample Chemotherapy only Chemotherapy or Radiation Full sample Chemotherapy only Chemotherapy or Radiation
N 824 677 734 698 362 384

Cancer −0.0738 (0.885) −0.518 (1.022) −0.269 (0.973) 1.814 (1.261) −1.076 (2.673) 0.895 (2.219)
Covers wife 2.395*** (0.734) 2.335*** (0.822) 2.556*** (0.795) 0.453 (1.028) −0.185 (1.526) −0.0704 (1.466)
Hours worked pre-diagnosis −0.283*** (0.0374) −0.287*** (0.0442) −0.287*** (0.0419) −0.241*** (0.0507) −0.285*** (0.0811) −0.295*** (0.0770)
Wife reduced hours worked 0.0228 (0.763) −0.0385 (0.870) −0.210 (0.832) −1.727* (1.010) −1.051 (1.530) −0.513 (1.470)
Race
 African American −0.246 (1.017) −0.393 (1.118) −0.691 (1.089) 0.145 (1.423) −2.862 (2.183) −2.011 (2.063)
 Other 0.221 (1.471) 0.212 (1.575) 0.279 (1.574) 2.104 (2.149) 1.727 (2.775) 1.705 (2.751)
Age −0.0834 (0.0693) −0.0581 (0.0749) −0.0701 (0.0741) −0.173* (0.0995) −0.151 (0.134) −0.156 (0.129)
Education
 Some College −0.253 (1.005) −1.234 (1.120) −0.688 (1.091) 0.305 (1.405) −0.129 (2.052) 0.954 (1.989)
 Bachelor or Advanced Degree 0.135 (0.930) −0.171 (1.027) −0.121 (0.994) 1.792 (1.308) 2.953 (1.897) 3.679** (1.853)
Household Income
 $40,000–$75,000 −0.566 (1.746) −0.549 (1.861) −0.455 (1.835) −2.793 (2.485) −3.215 (3.088) −3.378 (2.984)
 $75,000–$150,000 −0.461 (1.818) −0.219 (1.945) −0.410 (1.914) −2.561 (2.579) −2.490 (3.188) −3.074 (3.082)
 >$150,000 −0.0559 (1.870) 0.972 (2.000) 0.505 (1.971) −1.772 (2.646) −0.432 (3.263) −1.007 (3.177)
Has Children <18 −1.389* (0.797) −1.285 (0.883) −1.589* (0.866) −0.401 (1.121) −0.00543 (1.653) −0.00448 (1.590)

Notes: Estimated using ordinary least squares regression. Standard errors shown in parentheses. Control and omitted variables are the same as reported in Table 2.

*

p < .1,

**

p < .05,

***

p < .01.