Table 5. Characteristics associated with educational attainment, occupational attainment and health-related unemployment after childhood cancer: separate logistic regressions.
Odds of being a college graduate |
Odds of being a manager |
Odds of being unemployed because of health |
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N=(722/1641) |
(N=362/1649) |
(N=123/1812) |
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OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
Age at first cancer (years) | ||||||
0–4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
5–9 | 0.99 | (0.75–1.31) | 0.80 | (0.56–1.14) | 0.68 | (0.42–1.08) |
10+ | 1.18 | (0.87–1.61) | 1.00 | (0.69–1.46) | 0.62 | (0.37–1.03) |
Cranial irradiation | ||||||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 0.48 | (0.35–0.66) | 0.47 | (0.30–0.75) | 3.23 | (1.95–5.37) |
Chemotherapy | ||||||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 1.09 | (0.83–1.44) | 1.07 | (0.76–1.51) | 0.80 | (0.53–1.19) |
Childhood cancer group | ||||||
Nephroblastoma | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Leukaemia | 0.70 | (0.41–1.20) | 1.03 | (0.50–2.12) | 0.51 | (0.15–1.78) |
Neuroblastoma | 1.08 | (0.76–1.54) | 1.05 | (0.68–1.61) | 1.37 | (0.68–2.77) |
Hodgkin's lymphoma | 0.99 | (0.61–1.60) | 1.03 | (0.58–1.84) | 1.76 | (0.71–4.33) |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 0.93 | (0.62–1.38) | 0.99 | (0.62–1.61) | 0.90 | (0.38–2.13) |
Soft tissue sarcoma | 1.48 | (1.03–2.14) | 1.27 | (0.82–1.96) | 1.03 | (0.46–2.29) |
Bone sarcoma | 0.97 | (0.61–1.54) | 0.86 | (0.49–1.50) | 2.15 | (0.92–5.01) |
CNS tumour | 0.47 | (0.26–0.84) | 0.31 | (0.12–0.79) | 4.63 | (2.07–10.34) |
Other solid cancera | 1.24 | (0.86–1.79) | 1.14 | (0.73––1.80) | 1.15 | (0.54–2.43) |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Male | 1.04 | (0.85–1.27) | 1.85 | (1.43–2.39) | 0.67 | (0.47–0.95) |
Year of birth | ||||||
1939–1969 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
1970–1974 | 1.61 | (1.24–2.10) | 0.95 | (0.69–1.30) | 0.49 | (0.30–0.77) |
1975–1979 | 2.04 | (1.54–2.70) | 0.68 | (0.48–0.97) | 0.48 | (0.29–0.79) |
1980–1988 | 1.46 | (1.01–2.11) | 0.54 | (0.33–0.90) | 0.48 | (0.25–0.92) |
Socioeconomic background | ||||||
Survivor's father not a manager | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
Survivor's father was a manager | 3.27 | (2.45–4.35) | 4.64 | (3.43–6.28) | – | – |
Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; CNS=central nervous system; OR=odds ratio.
Retinoblastoma, gonadal tumour, thyroid tumour and other types of carcinoma.