Table 1. General characteristics of the sample (n = 519).

	%	n		%	n
Gender			Education
Male	26.6	138	High school or less	15.2	79
Female	72.8	378	High school to associate	27.6	143
Missing	0.6	3	College	28.3	147
Age			Post-graduate Missing	28.30.6	1473
⩽39	10.2	53	Income
40–49	23.3	121	⩽$29 999	10.8	56
50–59	28.5	148	$30 000–$49 999	8.1	42
60–69	26.8	139	$50 000–$74 999	15.0	78
⩾70	10.0	52	⩾$75 000	53.9	280
Missing	1.2	6	Missing	12.1	63
Race
Non-Hispanic white	81.7	424	Debt
Hispanic	5.4	28	⩽$1999	29.1	151
Black/African American	7.1	37	$2000–$4999	10.2	53
Asian	3.1	16	$5000–$9999	8.9	46
Other	1.2	6	$10 000–$19 999	9.2	48
Missing	1.5	8	$20 000–$49 999	8.9	46
			⩾$50 000	14.5	75
Health Insurance			Missing	19.3	100
Private Insurance	76.1	395	Cancer Type
Medicare/Medicaid	20.4	106	Breast cancer	46.1	239
Missing	3.5	18	Colon or rectal cancer	5.0	26
Period of Illness			Head and neck cancer	3.7	19
Under 2 years	25.8	134	Leukemia or blood cancer	3.1	16
3 years	23.1	120	Lung cancer	4.4	23
4 years	25.6	133	Prostate cancer	4.0	21
Over 5 years	20.4	106	Other	33.7	175
Missing	5.0	26	Missing	0	0