Table 1.

Characteristics of cancer survivors who received informal care in conjunction with cancer treatment or the late and lasting effects of treatment (ECSS and SPAC).

	Received informal care during or after cancer treatment1
	Experiences with Cancer Survivorship Survey (ECSS) (n=458)		Survey for People Affected by Cancer (SPAC) (n=4,706)
	N	%	N	%
Current age
18-54	115	23.8	2,664	27.9
55-64	116	24.1	1,379	22.3
65+	227	52.1	662	49.7
Sex
Male	157	35.2	1,524	40.9
Female	301	64.8	3,157	58.7
Education
High school graduate or less	228	40.0	346	7.9
Some college or more	229	59.9	4,318	91.2
Race/ethnicity
White	369	89.8	4,288	90.7
Black	69	7.7	94	3.1
Other	20	2.5	284	5.2
Marital status2
Married and female	142	34.0	2,162	38.3
Married and male	107	25.4	1,168	32.5
Not married and female	159	30.7	962	19.7
Not married and male	50	9.8	346	8.0
Cancer site
Breast	123	25.1	1,442	27.4
Prostate	48	10.8	238	10.0
Colorectal	32	6.8	304	6.7
Multiple	48	10.4	516	14.7
Other single cancers	207	46.9	2,206	41.2
Years from first cancer diagnosis
<2	52	12.5	983	18.5
2-5	133	28.4	1,834	34.7
6-10	89	17.5	986	22.4
11+	159	37.6	902	24.3
Years from last treatment
<1	140	32.0	1,332	29.3
1-2	53	10.2	1,288	25.0
3-4	36	7.8	649	13.0
5+	195	44.5	1,326	29.4
Never treated/missing	34	5.5	111	3.3
Made work changes due to cancer
Yes	197	43.3	3,213	57.8
No	254	55.9	1,459	41.4

Note: Weighted percentages may not equal 100% due to missing data.

¹The presence of an informal caregiver was assessed with the question, “Since the time you were first diagnosed with cancer, has any friend or family member provided care to you during or after your cancer treatment?”

²Respondents to the SPAC were asked whether they were married or had a domestic partner, whereas respondents to the ECSS were asked whether they were married.

Note: Estimates were weighted to account for the complex survey design of ECSS and the raked weights that were applied to the SPAC.