Table 1.
Characteristics of adult cancer survivors under age 65, 2012 LIVESTRONG survey
| Total sample n = 4321 |
|
|---|---|
| Age, years | n (%) |
| 18–39 | 778 (18.0) |
| 40–54 | 2036 (47.1) |
| 55–64 | 1507 (34.9) |
| Marital status/sexa | |
| Non-married male | 361 (8.4) |
| Married male | 1057 (24.5) |
| Non-married female | 886 (20.5) |
| Married female | 1967 (45.5) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3815 (88.3) |
| Otherb | 506 (11.7) |
| Annual income | |
| ≥ $120,000 | 911 (21.1) |
| $80,001–119,999 | 948 (21.9) |
| $40,001–80,000 | 1111 (25.7) |
| ≤ $40,000 | 736 (17.0) |
| Missing/decline to answer | 615 (14.2) |
| Education | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 2741 (63.4) |
| Some college | 1257 (29.1) |
| High school graduate or less | 323 (7.5) |
| Insurance | |
| Private | 3808 (88.1) |
| Government | 260 (6.0) |
| Uninsured/other | 253 (5.9) |
| Changes to Employment | |
| Employed/work changes | 2046 (47.4) |
| Employed/no work changes | 1689 (39.1) |
| Not employed | 586 (13.6) |
| Caregiver | |
| Yes | 3861 (89.4) |
| No | 460 (10.7) |
| Number of cancer diagnoses | |
| 1 | 3234 (74.8) |
| ≥ 2 | 1087 (25.2) |
| Time since last treatment | |
| 1 year | 1189 (27.5) |
| > 1–5 years | 1841 (42.6) |
| > 5 years | 1200 (27.8) |
| Never treated/missing | 91 (2.1) |
| Receipt of all necessary medical care | |
| Yes | 3926 (90.9%) |
| No | 395 (9.1%) |
| Financial hardship and debt amount | |
| No financial hardship | 1968 (45.5%) |
| Hardship, with ≤ $10,000 in debt | 1539 (35.6%) |
| Hardship, with > $10,000 in debt | 814 (18.8%) |
| Financial hardship componentsc | |
| Borrowed money | 2864 (66.3%) |
| Filed for bankruptcy | 133 (3.1%) |
| Other financial sacrifices | 1724 (39.9%) |
| Unable to cover costs | 1123 (26.0%) |
| Received help understanding bills | |
| Yes or missing/NA | 4089 (94.6%) |
| No | 232 (5.4%) |
Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. Respondents with missing information on annual income, time since last treatment and receive help understanding medical bills were coded as a unique category or incorporated into an existing category, as presented in the table; there was no other missing information
“Married” includes married or domestic partner, while “Non-married” includes single, separated, divorced, widowed, prefer not to answer. Sex and marital status were combined in our analysis (male/married, male/not married, female/married, female/not married) based on our prior work, in which this combination was found to be a valid way to assess these variables among cancer survivors under age 65 years given that each stratum has been shown to have different distributions of financial burden
Includes non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native, non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, other non-Hispanic
Results not mutually exclusive