Table 1.

Endorsee and General Sample Characteristics

	Endorseesa (N = 16)			General Sample (N = 186)
Characteristic	X̄	SD	Range	X̄	SD	Range
Caregiver age (years)	49.4	3.05	45–53	50.48	6.29	30–69
Survivor age (years)	18.18	5.69	14–34	20.52	5.28	14–39
Time since diagnosis (years)	11.94	5.53	6–26	13.12	6.26	5–32

Characteristic	n	%	n	%
Survivor gender (male; endorsees only)	5	46	105	57
Caregiver partnered	11	69	146	79
Caregiver employed full-time	7	44	88	47
Caregiver education
Some high school	–	–	3	2
High school graduate	5	31	53	28
Some college	4	25	41	22
College graduate or higher	7	44	89	48
Survivor education or work
In school	12	75	117	63
Workingb	4	25	78	42
Currently not in school or working	3	19	33	18
Tumor type
Low-grade glioma	8	50	94	51
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor	5	31	51	27
Craniopharyngioma	–	–	14	8
High-grade glioma	–	–	7	4
Ependymoma	–	–	5	3
Germ cell	1	6	5	3
Choroid plexus	1	6	4	2
Other	1	6	6	3
Tumor location
Posterior fossa	10	63	94	51
Cortical	2	13	33	18
Sellar	–	–	29	16
Pineal	1	6	7	4
Thalamic	2	13	6	3
Ventricle	1	6	6	3
Brain stem	–	–	5	3
Optic nerve	–	–	4	2
Other	–	–	2	1

^aIncludes 5 caregivers and 11 survivors

^bThree survivor endorsees and 42 survivors from the general sample worked while in school.

Note. The characteristics for endorsees include summary information for all 16 caregivers and survivors unless otherwise indicated.

Note. Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.