Table 2.
Financial Impact of Child’s Illness by Family Poverty Level
| Adjusted Annual Family Income as %FPL a,b | Total Nc=71 n (%) |
P-value e | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤200 Nc=12 n (%) |
201–400 Nc =19 n (%) |
>400 Nc =40 n (%) |
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| Family Financial Outcomes (N=71) | |||||
| Financial hardship | 0.21 | ||||
| None or A little | 1 (8) | 5 (26) | 15/38 (39) | 21/69 (30) | |
| Moderate | 5 (42) | 9 (47) | 15/38 (39) | 29/69 (42) | |
| A great deal | 6 (50) | 5 (26) | 8/38 (21) | 19/69 (28) | |
| Work Disruptions | |||||
| Any caregiver work disruptiond | 10 (83) | 18 (95) | 39 (98) | 67 (94) | 0.13 |
| One or more parent quit a job | 7/11 (64) | 6/18 (33) | 16 (40) | 29/69 (42) | 0.25 |
| Mom alone quit job | 5/11 (45) | 5/18 (28) | 13 (33) | 23/69 (33) | |
| Dad alone quit job | 1/11 (9) | 0/18 (0) | 3 (8) | 4/69 (6) | |
| Both parents quit a job | 1/11 (9) | 1/18 (6) | 0 (0) | 2/69 (3) | |
FPL=Federal Poverty Level.
a
Reported income was conservatively adjusted by calculating the midpoint for each category and adding the midpoint of reported lost income to derive adjusted baseline income. See Methods.
b
Adjusted annual family income was divided by the appropriate poverty guideline for household size and multiplied by 100 to achieve percentage of Federal Poverty Level.
c
Denominator indicated if warranted.
d
Any caregiver work disruptions include: cut back on work hours, quit a job, forgo overtime.
e
Fisher’s exact test.