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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Aug 1;65(12):e27380. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27380

Table 1.

Patient, caregiver and household characteristics at time of diagnosis (N=413)

N (%)
Patient characteristics
Sex (N=413)
 Male
 Female

244 (59.1)
169 (40.9)
Age at diagnosis in years, median (IQR, N=413) 7.5 (3.4–14.5)
Race/Ethnicity (N=385)
 White, non-Hispanic
 Other

269 (69.9)
116 (30.1)
Cancer Diagnosis (N=396)
 Hematologic malignancy
 Solid tumor
 Brain tumor

204 (51.5)
146 (36.9)
 46 (11.6)
Health Insurance (N=403)
 None
 Medicaid only
 Any private insurance

 6 (1.5)
 54 (13.4)
343 (85.1)
Caregiver characteristics
PAT Respondent’s Relationship to Child (N=413)
 Mother
 Father
 Other

299 (72.4)
107 (25.9)
 7 (1.7)
Highest level of educational attainment (N=408)
 High school or less
 Associate/Bachelors
 Masters/Doctorate

120 (29.4)
173 (42.4)
115 (28.2)
Household characteristics
Primary language (N=393)
 English
 Other

371 (94.4)
22 (5.6)
Single Parent Household (N=406)
 Yes
 No

 41 (10.1)
365 (89.9)
Household size (N=413)
 2 people
 3 people
 4 people
 ≥5 people

18 (4.4)
 91 (22.0)
168 (40.7)
136 (32.9)