Table A1.

Effects of spousal SES resources and discrepancies in these by cancer stage.^a

	Male patients						Female patients
	Localized cancer		Regional cancer		Metastatic cancer		Localized cancer		Regional cancer		Metastatic cancer
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	ORb	95% CIc	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
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	1.00	0.99–1.13	1.00	0.98–1.03	1.04	1.01–1.07	1.21	1.12–1.31	1.07	0.99–1.16	1.03	0.92–1.15
Spouse>5 yrs older than patient	1.06	0.98–1.03	1.00	0.92–1.09	1.03	0.93–1.14	0.97	0.93–1.00	0.99	0.95–1.03	0.96	0.92–1.01
Both spouses low educationd	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
Patient low/spouse high education	0.83	0.79–0.88	0.83	0.77–0.89	0.90	0.84–0.97	0.85	0.81–0.90	0.87	0.83–0.92	0.90	0.85–0.96
Patient high/spouse low education	0.83	0.80–0.86	0.85	0.82–0.89	0.93	0.88–0.97	0.83	0.76–0.92	0.85	0.78–0.93	0.76	0.69–0.84
Both spouses high education	0.73	0.69–0.77	0.76	0.71–0.82	0.81	0.76–0.87	0.80	0.74–0.87	0.78	0.72–0.85	0.79	0.72–0.87
Lowest income quintile	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref	1	Ref
4th income quintile	0.93	0.90–0.96	0.88	0.85–0.92	0.99	0.94–1.05	0.94	0.90–0.99	0.98	0.94–1.03	1.04	0.98–1.10
3rd income quintile	0.92	0.89–0.96	0.89	0.85–0.93	0.91	0.87–0.96	0.92	0.87–0.97	0.97	0.92–1.02	0.96	0.91–1.02
2nd income quintile	0.89	0.85–0.92	0.84	0.80–0.88	0.89	0.85–0.94	0.94	0.89–0.99	0.96	0.91–1.01	0.90	0.84–0.96
Highest income quintile	0.78	0.74–0.81	0.77	0.73–0.81	0.83	0.79–0.88	0.86	0.81–0.92	0.92	0.87–0.98	0.87	0.80–0.94
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%)	1.04	0.99–1.09	1.08	1.02–1.15	1.10	1.03–1.16	1.07	0.99–1.16	1.18	1.10–1.27	1.23	1.13–1.34
Patient earns a larger share (>60%)	0.97	0.93–1.00	0.95	0.90–0.99	0.91	0.87–0.95	1.09	1.00–1.18	1.14	1.06–1.23	1.11	1.01–1.21
Household income is 0 or missinge	1.08	1.04–1.13	1.04	0.98–1.10	1.01	0.96–1.08	1.33	1.23–1.43	1.32	1.23–1.41	1.30	1.19–1.41

^aThis table portrays estimates from fully adjusted models stratified by stage. All variables shown in Model III were included.

^bOdds ratio.

^cConfidence interval.

^dLow education refers to no education beyond high school, whereas high education refers to any college education.

^eNo share calculated.