Table 3.

Modeled estimates of the impact of characteristics of patients and spousal homogamy/heterogamy (Models III and IV) on the risk of death for cancer patients with cancer forms common for both sexes.^a

	Male and female patients				Male patients				Female patients
	Model III		Model IV		Model III		Model IV		Model III		Model IV
	ORb	95% CIc	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Female patients	1	Ref	1	Ref	N/Ad	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Male patients	1.33	1.31–1.35	1.33	1.30–1.35	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Spousal homogamy/heterogamy
Patient and spouse similar age (±5 yrs)	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
Patient >5 yrs older than spouse	1.03	1.01–1.04	1.02	1.00–1.04	1.02	1.01–1.03	1.01	1.00–1.03	1.14	1.07–1.21	1.07	1.01–1.14
Spouse >5 yrs older than patient	0.97	0.94–0.99	0.96	0.94–0.98	1.06	1.01–1.11	1.01	0.96–1.07	0.95	0.92–0.97	0.95	0.92–0.97
Both spouses low educatione	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
Patient low/spouse high education	0.86	0.83–0.88	0.89	0.87–0.92	0.83	0.80–0.86	0.88	0.84–0.91	0.87	0.84–0.91	0.91	0.88–0.94
Patient high/spouse low education	0.85	0.83–0.87	0.88	0.86–0.91	0.85	0.83–0.87	0.88	0.87–0.91	0.86	0.81–0.92	0.87	0.81–0.93
Both spouses high education	0.77	0.75–0.79	0.85	0.82–0.88	0.77	0.75–0.80	0.85	0.82–0.88	0.77	0.72–0.81	0.85	0.80–0.90
Lowest income quintile	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
4th income quintile	0.96	0.95–0.98	0.96	0.94–0.97	0.95	0.93–0.98	0.94	0.91–0.96	0.98	0.95–1.01	0.98	0.95–1.01
3rd income quintile	0.95	0.93–0.97	0.95	0.93–0.97	0.93	0.91–0.95	0.93	0.90–0.95	0.96	0.92–0.99	0.96	0.93–1.00
2nd income quintile	0.90	0.88–0.92	0.90	0.88–0.92	0.87	0.85–0.89	0.87	0.85–0.89	0.95	0.92–0.99	0.94	0.91–0.98
Highest income quintile	0.82	0.80–0.84	0.84	0.82–0.86	0.80	0.77–0.82	0.80	0.78–0.82	0.87	0.83–0.91	0.90	0.86–0.94
Spouses earn a similar share (40–60%)	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
Patient earns a smaller share (<40%)	1.11	1.08–1.14	1.10	1.07–1.13	1.10	1.06–1.14	1.08	1.04–1.11	1.23	1.16–1.30	1.21	1.15–1.28
Patient earns a larger share (>60%)	0.98	0.96–1.00	0.99	0.97–1.02	0.94	0.91–0.96	0.95	0.93–0.97	1.19	1.12–1.26	1.13	1.06–1.19
Household income is 0 or missingf	1.15	1.12–1.18	1.13	1.10–1.16	1.08	1.05–1.11	1.08	1.02–1.09	1.39	1.32–1.47	1.31	1.24–1.39
Baseline controlsg	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Control for cancer stage and typeh	No		Yes		No		Yes		No		Yes

^aThis table portrays estimates from two: Models III and IV. The models portray discrepancies in spousal characteristic without and with control for cancer stage and form.

^bOdds ratio.

^cConfidence interval.

^dN/A refers to 'not applicable'.

^eLow education refers to no education beyond high school and high education refers to any college education.

^fNo share calculated.

^gBaseline controls for all models include time since diagnosis, calendar period, patient age and number of children.

^hCategorizations are shown in Table 1.