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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Jul 31;119(20):3710–3717. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28262

TABLE 2.

Factors Associated With Cancer Survivors Reporting That Cancer Caused Them Financial Problems (n = 1556)a

Factor Predictive Marginal (%)b 95% CI Wald Pc
Age at last cancer diagnosis, y ≤39 43.4 36.9–50.2 <.0001
40–64 39.8 35.8–44.0
≥65 21.7 17.9–26.0
Sex Male 36.1 31.8–40.7 .58
Female 34.5 30.9–38.3
Marital status Married or living with partner 35.8 32.0–39.8 .53
Never married/widowed/divorced/separated 34.1 30.3–38.1
Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic white 33.1 29.9–36.5 0.006
Non-Hispanic black 46.6 38.4–55.0
Hispanic 42.1 32.2–52.7
Other 46.1 30.8–62.1
Education <High school 40.2 33.3–47.6 .17
High school or GED 37.3 32.2–42.7
Some college+ 33.0 29.2–37.1
Insurance paid for all or part of cancer treatment Yes 34.8 31.7–38.1 .51
No/unknown 37.5 30.4–45.1
Region Northeast 29.3 24.4–34.8 .09
Midwest 36.2 30.0–42.8
South 38.7 33.5–44.2
West 32.8 27.6–38.5
Recurrence/multiple cancers Yes 40.9 34.4–47.7 .049
No 33.7 30.6–37.0
Y since last cancer diagnosis <2 45.2 37.4–53.2 <.0001
2–5 40.0 34.9–45.4
6–9 34.7 28.4–41.5
≥10 27.9 24.1–31.9
Surgery Yes 34.5 31.2–38.0 .48
No 36.6 31.7–41.8
Chemotherapy Yes 47.2 41.1–53.5 <.0001
No 30.8 27.6–34.1
Radiation Yes 44.7 39.0–50.6 <.001
No 31.4 28.2–34.9
No. of comorbidities 0 32.5 27.8–37.6 .51
1 35.5 30.1–41.2
≥2 36.4 32.1–40.8

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; GED, General Educational Development test; Y, years.

a

Adjusted r2 = 0.16.

b

Predictive marginals adjust for all other variables in the model and are weighted to account for the complex sampling design.

c

Bold type indicates statistical significance.