Table 2.

Material financial hardship and limiting care due to cost by participant sociodemographic and cancer-related characteristics

	Any Financial Hardship			Any Limiting Care Due to Cost
	N	%	P	N	%	P
Total	436	46.4		171	17.6
Sex
Female	291	50.6	0.001	108	17.9	0.786
Male	145	39.8		63	17.2
Age at diagnosis
<55	146	57.0	<0.001	49	19.1	0.111
55–59	109	51.4		44	20.4
60–64	93	48.4		39	19.2
65+	88	31.5		39	13.1
Income
<$20,000	201	53.6	<0.001	103	26.6	<0.001
$20,000–39,999	81	50.0		29	17.7
$40,000–59,999	45	41.7		14	12.5
$60,000–79,999	33	49.3		9	13.2
$80,000+	53	30.8		10	5.5
Education
Less than high school	41	38.7	0.007	23	20.7	0.27
High school/GED	138	48.6		57	19.8
Some college	169	52.0		56	16.5
College degree	85	39.0		32	14.1
Marital status
Married/living with partner	171	39.1	<0.001	54	12.1	<0.001
Widowed	51	51.5		29	27.4
Divorced/separated	109	52.4		46	21.0
Never married	102	54.3		40	20.8
Employment status
Employed full time	85	45.0	0.001	23	11.8	0.023
Employed part time	39	52.7		16	20.0
Homemaker	12	37.5		6	17.1
Unemployed	52	61.9		21	24.4
Retired	129	38.5		52	15.0
Other/missing	6	50.0		2	15.4
Medical leave/disability	113	53.1		51	23.6
Any private health insurance
No	163	56.6	<0.001	71	24.2	<0.001
Yes	268	41.7		98	14.7
Any Medicare
No	272	51.6	<0.001	96	17.9	0.76
Yes	159	39.4		73	17.1
Any Medicaid
No	318	43.6	0.002	118	15.6	0.002
Yes	113	56.2		51	24.8
Cancer site
Breast	211	51.2	0.016	81	18.6	0.72
Colorectal	45	46.4		13	13.7
Lung	84	46.7		32	17.1
Prostate	96	38.4		45	17.7
Cancer stage at diagnosis
I	88	33.5	<0.001	46	16.3	0.63
II	153	47.7		57	17.2
III	99	54.7		38	20.9
IV	95	55.9		30	17.5
Cancer treatments
Surgery
Yes	306	46.5	0.85	121	17.7	0.95
No	127	45.9		50	17.5
Chemotherapy
Yes	281	54.9	<0.001	101	19.4	0.11
No	152	36.1		69	15.5
Radiation
Yes	278	41.8	0.032	104	17.6	0.82
No	151	49.0		63	17.0
Time since diagnosis
<12 months	69	45.4	0.82	27	17.3	0.71
12–17 months	157	47.0		55	15.9
18–23 months	105	48.4		39	17.8
24+ months	104	44.3		49	19.6