Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	Total (n = 1656) n	%
Sociodemographic
Age (years)
18–39	293	17.7
40–54	833	50.3
55–64	518	31.3
Sex
Female	1176	71.0
Male	472	28.5
Race/ethnicitya
White, Non-Hispanic	1444	87.2
Other	205	12.4
Marital status
Married/domestic partner	1125	67.9
Single, separated, divorced, widowed	513	31.0
Insurance type
None	71	4.3
Private or employer	1361	82.2
Government or military	149	9.0
Other	62	3.7
Annual household income, dollarsb
$0–$40,000	403	24.3
$41,000–$80,000	473	28.6
$81,000–$120,000	338	20.4
> $120,000	239	14.4
Financial hardship
Ever borrow money or go into debt
Yes	928	56.0
No	721	43.5
Amount borrowed or debt incurredc
< $10,000	3641085	4065.5
≥ $10,000	551	33.3
Ever file bankruptcy
Yes	87	5.3
No	1550	93.6
Ever unable to cover share of medical care costs
Yes	712	43.0
No	940	56.8
Ever spent down assets to qualify for Medicaid/other cancer-related program
Yes	153	9.2
No	1489	89.9
Ever worried about paying large medical bills related to cancer
Yes	1400	84.5
No	253	15.3

Frequencies and percentages are based on respondents with non-missing values and, thus, category frequencies and percentages may not add to 100%

^aOther includes non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, other non-Hispanic

^bIncome categories are based on the original categories as presented in the 2012 LIVESTRONG Survey.

^cRespondents who reported “No” to the item “Ever borrow money or go into debt” were classified as having “Amount borrowed or debt incurred” equal to $0 and included in the “< $10,000” group