Table 3.

Cohort Characteristics^*

	Male				Female
	Cohort 1 (n = 150)		Cohort 2 (n = 120)		Cohort 1 (n = 271)		Cohort 2 (n = 320)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Age at time of diagnosis, mean years	34.6		35.6		37.9		37.3
(SD)	(7.7)		(8.1)		(5.9)		(6.5)
Range, years	18-45		18-45		18-45		20-45
Time between diagnosis and survey, mean years	2.2		2.0		2.1		1.9
(SD)	(0.9)		(0.8)		(0.8)		(0.8)
Diagnosis†
Breast					163	60	201	60
Colorectal	15	10	17	14	30	11	18	6
Gynecologic					24	9	34	11
Lymphoma	27	18	33	28	35	13	41	13
Sarcoma	17	11	12	10	7	3	4	1
Testicular	63	42	32	27
Other	40	27	33	19	13	57	31	10
Race†
White	122	81	107	89	209	77	234	73
Asian	9	6	4	3	16	6	22	7
Black or African American	7	5	0	0	16	6	24	8
More than one race, other, unknown, preferred not to answer	8	5	5	4	2	1	24	8
Ethnicity‡
Hispanic or Latino	11	7	6	5	25	9	11	3
Educational background
College degree or higher	114	76	87	73	219	81	259	81
Some college or less	35	23	31	26	49	18	48	15
Additional demographics
Considered cancer to be curable	128	85	108	90	239	88	272	85
Married/committed relationship	115	77	92	77	221	82	259	81
Had children before diagnosis	70	47	65	54	166	61	179	56
Wanted (more) children (or unsure)	95	63	79	66	142	52	198	62

NOTE. Data are missing for some items (male responses, 0.8%-6% missing; female responses, 0.6%-6% missing), so percentages may add to < 100.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

^*Independent samples t and χ² tests were used to compare cohort characteristics for males and females and indicated no significant differences between cohorts 1 and 2. Differences in race, ethnicity, and wanted (more) children (or unsure) could not be tested because the questions were worded differently across cohort 1 and 2 surveys.

^†Respondents could select more than one option, so percentages may add to > 100.

^‡For cohort 1, ethnicity was asked as part of race, and for cohort 2, ethnicity and race were asked separately, which made it difficult to compare responses on this item between cohorts.