Table 1.
Characteristics of lung and colorectal cancer survivors and their caregivers in the CanCORS (2003–2005)
| Total N=1,482 % or mean (SD) |
|
|---|---|
| Caregiver Sociodemographic Characteristics | |
| Age | |
| 20 to 50 years | 27.24 |
| 51 to 60 years | 28.52 |
| 61 to 70 years | 24.14 |
| 71 years or older | 20.09 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 24.81 |
| Female | 75.19 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Other | 27.44 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 72.56 |
| Annual Household Income | |
| <12,000 | 13.35 |
| 12,000–26,999 | 14.03 |
| 27,000–47,999 | 14.09 |
| 48,000+ | 15.44 |
| Unknown/Unreported | 43.09 |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 34.32 |
| Some college or more | 65.68 |
| Employment Status | |
| Does not work for money | 45.72 |
| Works for money, <35 hrs/wk | 15.37 |
| Works for money, 35+ hrs/wk | 34.59 |
| Unknown/Unreported | 4.32 |
| Marital Status | |
| Divorced/Widowed/Separated/Never Married | 18.00 |
| Married/Partnered | 82.00 |
| Cancer Characteristics | |
| Type of Cancer | |
| Lung | 46.66 |
| Colorectal | 53.34 |
| Stage at Diagnosis | |
| 0–I | 33.92 |
| II–III | 48.21 |
| IV | 17.87 |
| Treatment Received (not mutually exclusive) | |
| Surgery | 68.31 |
| Radiation Therapy | 26.23 |
| Chemotherapy | 58.80 |
| Caregiving Characteristics | |
| Amount of care provided | |
| Half or Less than half | 21.78 |
| Most | 21.31 |
| All or almost all | 52.26 |
| Unknown/unreported | 4.65 |
| Relationship to survivor | |
| Spouse/partner | 63.72 |
| Child | 14.70 |
| Parent/Sibling | 14.97 |
| Other | 6.61 |
| Live with survivor | |
| No | 26.43 |
| Yes | 73.57 |
| Hours per week | |
| 1 or fewer | 22.66 |
| 1 to 10 | 25.96 |
| 11 to 35 | 26.16 |
| More than 35 | 19.89 |
| Unknown/unreported | 5.33 |
| Number of ADL/IADLs | 4.37 (3.87) |
| Age of Care Recipient | |
| 0–54 | 17.60 |
| 55–64 | 29.13 |
| 65–74 | 29.67 |
| 75+ | 23.60 |
| Gender of Care recipient | |
| Male | 62.24 |
| Female | 37.76 |
SD: Standard deviation; ADL/IADLs: Basic and instrumental activities of daily living