Table 2.

Multivariable linear regressions of social factors on caregiver characteristics (CanCORS 2005-2006, n=1,500)

	Social Stress			Relationship Quality			Family Functioning
	Beta	SE	p-value	Beta	SE	p-value	Beta	SE	p-value
Intercept	7.51	0.68	<.0001	10.21	0.43	<.0001	2.05	0.14	<.0001
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Age (years)
20 to 50 (REF)
51 to 60	-0.33	0.15	0.03	-0.09	0.11	0.38	0.01	0.03	0.69
61 to 70	-0.79	0.18	<.0001	-0.45	0.13	0.00	0.10	0.04	0.01
71+	-0.91	0.21	<.0001	-0.30	0.15	0.05	0.12	0.05	0.01
Gender
Male (REF)
Female	0.19	0.15	0.22	-0.12	0.11	0.27	0.00	0.03	0.91
Race/ethnicity
White (non-Hispanic)	-0.13	0.12	0.29	0.08	0.09	0.38	-0.04	0.03	0.12
Other (REF)
Annual Household Income
<12,000	-0.16	0.23	0.49	-0.03	0.16	0.87	-0.02	0.05	0.69
12,000-26,999	0.04	0.20	0.83	-0.25	0.14	0.09	0.01	0.05	0.75
27,000-47,999	-0.06	0.20	0.77	0.04	0.14	0.79	-0.05	0.04	0.24
48,000+ (REF)
Unknown/Unreported	-0.29	0.19	0.13	-0.02	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.94
Education
High school or less (REF)
Some college or more	0.23	0.12	0.05	-0.09	0.08	0.27	0.03	0.03	0.32
Employment Status
Does not work for money	0.07	0.17	0.67	0.19	0.12	0.11	-0.06	0.04	0.14
Works for money, <35 hrs/wk	0.18	0.18	0.30	0.08	0.13	0.52	0.06	0.04	0.10
Works for money, 35+ hrs/wk (REF)
Unknown/Unreported	0.36	0.27	0.19	0.41	0.19	0.03	-0.08	0.06	0.19
Marital Status
Divorced/Widowed/Separated/Never Married (REF)
Married/Partnered	-0.17	0.16	0.29	-0.17	0.11	0.14	0.14	0.04	0.00
Cancer Characteristics
Type of Cancer
Lung (REF)
Colorectal	0.14	0.12	0.24	0.09	0.09	0.32	0.01	0.03	0.76
Stage at Diagnosis
0-I (REF)
II-III	-0.13	0.13	0.33	-0.15	0.09	0.12	0.03	0.03	0.38
IV	0.00	0.17	0.98	-0.03	0.12	0.81	0.01	0.04	0.73
Received Surgery
No (REF)
Yes	-0.26	0.16	0.12	-0.10	0.12	0.38	-0.07	0.04	0.08
Unknown/Unreported	0.34	0.81	0.68	0.26	0.57	0.64	-0.07	0.18	0.71
Received Radiation
No (REF)
Yes	-0.23	0.15	0.11	0.08	0.10	0.42	-0.05	0.03	0.13
Unknown/Unreported	-0.46	0.82	0.58	-0.96	0.58	0.10	-0.02	0.19	0.91
Received Chemotherapy
No (REF)
Yes	-0.11	0.14	0.45	0.11	0.10	0.26	-0.04	0.03	0.17
Unknown/Unreported	-0.44	0.47	0.35	0.61	0.33	0.06	-0.02	0.11	0.86
Caregiving Characteristics
Amount of care provided
Half or Less than half (REF)
Most	0.09	0.17	0.61	0.17	0.12	0.16	0.02	0.04	0.66
All or almost all	0.24	0.16	0.13	0.38	0.11	0.00	0.02	0.04	0.64
Unknown/unreported	0.06	0.28	0.84	0.18	0.20	0.37	0.08	0.06	0.22
Relationship to patient
Spouse/partner (REF)
Child	0.44	0.23	0.06	0.37	0.16	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.34
Parent/Sibling	0.25	0.23	0.27	0.37	0.16	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.30
Other	0.31	0.27	0.25	0.44	0.19	0.02	0.13	0.06	0.03
Live with patient
No (REF)
Yes	-0.21	0.19	0.27	-0.14	0.13	0.30	0.01	0.04	0.80
Hours per week
1 or fewer (REF)
1 to 10	0.29	0.16	0.07	0.06	0.11	0.61	0.01	0.04	0.71
11 to 35	0.33	0.18	0.06	0.00	0.12	1.00	0.04	0.04	0.26
More than 35	0.06	0.20	0.77	-0.15	0.14	0.30	0.00	0.05	0.94
Unknown/unreported	-0.11	0.25	0.65	0.22	0.18	0.21	0.01	0.06	0.89
Number of care tasks	0.04	0.02	0.03	-0.03	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.77
Age of care recipient
0-54 (REF)
55-64	-0.29	0.17	0.08	-0.02	0.12	0.87	-0.01	0.04	0.87
65-74	-0.15	0.18	0.41	-0.04	0.13	0.74	-0.05	0.04	0.25
75+	-0.23	0.20	0.24	-0.01	0.14	0.92	-0.06	0.05	0.16
Gender of care recipient
Male (REF)
Female	-0.35	0.14	0.02	0.23	0.10	0.02	-0.09	0.03	0.01
Time of interview
Baseline	-0.11	0.11	0.32	0.04	0.08	0.58	0.01	0.02	0.76
Follow-up (REF)
Social Factors
Social Stress				-0.07	0.02	0.00	-0.06	0.01	<.0001
Prior Relationship Quality	0.01	0.01	0.36	0.10	0.01	<.0001	0.01	0.00	<.0001
Current Relationship Quality	-0.14	0.04	0.00				0.11	0.01	<.0001
Family Functioning	-1.13	0.11	<.0001	1.04	0.08	<.0001

SE: Standard error; REF: Reference group