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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosoc Oncol. 2014;32(2):125–151. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2013.874004

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Models of Post-Treatment Employment and Debt Concerns.

Odds of Reporting
Employment
Concerns, 2006
Odds of Reporting
Employment
Concerns, 2010††
Odds of
Reporting Debt
Concerns†††
OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Age (Years) 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) 0.69 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) 0.06 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) <0.01
Gender Female 1.10 (0.74, 1.62) 0.65 1.62 (1.15, 2.26) <0.01 1.16 (0.91, 1.49) 0.22
Male 1.00 1.00 1.00
Education Less than college 0.67 (0.44, 1.04) 0.07 0.95 (0.65, 1.39) 0.80 1.60 (1.21, 2.12) <0.01
Some college 0.71 (0.47, 1.09) 0.12 1.17 (0.81, 1.70) 0.40 1.78 (1.35, 2.32) <0.01
College 0.73 (0.50, 1.07) 0.11 1.28 (0.91, 1.80) 0.16 1.31 (1.00, 1.70) 0.05
Graduate degree 1.00 0.24 1.00 0.28 1.00 <0.01
Annual income Less than $40K 1.85 (1.00, 3.42) 0.05 2.01 (1.26, 3.21) <0.01 5.54 (3.85, 7.98) <0.01
$41K to less than $60K 1.35 (0.81, 2.27) 0.25 1.78 (1.14, 2.78) 0.01 4.17 (2.94, 5.92) <0.01
$61K to less than $80K 1.24 (0.76, 2.04) 0.39 1.77 (1.14, 2.76) 0.01 2.88 (2.03, 4.10) <0.01
$81K to less than $100K 1.67 (0.99, 2.79) 0.05 1.28 (0.82, 1.98) 0.28 2.25 (1.56, 3.24) <0.01
$101K to less than $120K 0.75 (0.43, 1.31) 0.32 1.00 (0.64, 1.57) 0.99 1.55 (1.04, 2.31) 0.03
Prefer not to answer 1.08 (0.60, 1.94) 0.81 1.10 (0.73, 1.68) 0.64 2.00 (1.39, 2.88) <0.01
$120K or more 1.00 0.09 1.00 0.01 1.00 <0.01
Marital status Single 1.20 (0.83, 1.72) 0.33 0.90 (0.63, 1.28) 0.56 0.68 (0.53, 0.86) <0.01
Widow/Divorce/Separate/Prefer not to Answer 0.22 (0.05, 1.02) 0.05 0.87 (0.58, 1.32) 0.52 1.53 (0.11, 2.11) <0.01
Married/Partnered 1.00 0.08 1.00 0.73 1.00 <0.01
Race/ethnicity Non-White 0.69 (0.39, 1.22) 0.20 1.09 (0.74, 1.60) 0.67 1.24 (0.94, 1.64) 0.13
White 1.00 1.00 1.00
Treatment No chemotherapy 0.65 (0.46, 0.94) 0.02 0.51 (0.38, 0.68) <0.01 0.54 (0.44, 0.67) <0.01
Chemotherapy only 0.49 (0.29, 0.82) <0.01 1.81 (0.76, 1.83) 0.46 0.85 (0.63, 1.16) 0.31
Chemotherapy plus other 1.00 <0.01 1.00 <0.01 1.00 <0.01
Type of cancer Testicular 0.94 (0.44, 2.03) 0.88 1.26 (0.69, 2.29) 0.45 1.00 (0.64, 1.58) 0.99
Colorectal 1.29 (0.72, 2.34) 0.40 1.46 (0.88, 2.41) 0.14 1.23 (0.85, 1.79) 0.27
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2.12 (1.11, 4.06) 0.02 0.68 (0.36, 1.25) 0.21 1.54 (1.02, 2.32) 0.04
Hodgkin lymphoma 2.11 (1.00, 4.43) 0.05 1.20 (0.59, 2.44) 0.61 1.48 (0.91, 2.41) 0.12
Prostate 0.35 (0.11, 1.14) 0.08 0.83 (0.42, 1.65) 0.60 0.80 (0.44, 1.43) 0.45
Other type 2.09 (1.42, 3.06) <0.01 1.13 (0.80, 1.58) 0.49 1.31 (1.04, 1.65) 0.02
Breast 1.00 <0.01 1.00 0.30 1.00 0.06
Time since diagnosis (Years) 0.97 (0.87, 1.08) 0.52 1.08 (0.98, 1.19) 0.10 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) 0.13
Health insurance No 2.00 (0.85, 4.71) 0.11 1.25 (0.65, 2.42) 0.51 2.12 (1.38, 3.26) <0.01
Yes 1.00 1.00 1.00

The 2006 model of employment concerns includes the 917 respondents from the 2006 survey who were working at time of diagnosis.

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The 2010 model of employment concerns includes the 1185 respondents from the 2010 survey who were working at time of diagnosis.

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The model of debt concerns includes all respondents from both survey administrations (n=2910).