Table 1.
Study sample characteristics (n = 135).
| Overall (n= 135) | Reported No Debt (n = 98) | Reported Any Debt (n = 37) | |||||
| DEMOGRAPHIC | Missing (%) | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age | 0% | ||||||
| ≤53 years old | 49 | 36% | 32 | 33% | 17 | 46% | |
| 54–64 years old | 48 | 36% | 34 | 35% | 14 | 38% | |
| 65–83 years old | 38 | 28% | 32 | 33% | 6 | 16% | |
| Sex | 0% | ||||||
| Male | 23 | 17% | 17 | 17% | 6 | 16% | |
| Female | 112 | 83% | 81 | 83% | 31 | 84% | |
| Race | 0% | ||||||
| Non-Latino White | 122 | 90% | 87 | 89% | 35 | 95% | |
| Other | 13 | 10% | 11 | 11% | 2 | 5% | |
| Marital Status | 0% | ||||||
| Married | 94 | 70% | 73 | 75% | 21 | 57% | |
| Not Married | 41 | 30% | 25 | 25% | 16 | 43% | |
| Education | 0% | ||||||
| <Bachelor’s Degree | 75 | 56% | 51 | 52% | 24 | 65% | |
| ≥Bachelor’s Degree | 60 | 44% | 47 | 48% | 13 | 35% | |
| Employment | 0% | ||||||
| Full-time employed | 63 | 47% | 50 | 51% | 13 | 35% | |
| Other | 72 | 53% | 48 | 49% | 24 | 65% | |
| Household income | 5% | ||||||
| <$35,000 | 36 | 27% | 23 | 23% | 13 | 35% | |
| $35,001–$50,000 | 27 | 20% | 17 | 17% | 10 | 27% | |
| ≥$50,001 | 65 | 48% | 53 | 54% | 12 | 32% | |
| Household size | 2% | ||||||
| 1–2 (including self) | 83 | 62% | 69 | 70% | 14 | 38% | |
| 3–6 | 49 | 36% | 28 | 29% | 21 | 57% | |
| RUCC | 0% | ||||||
| Metropolitan (1–3) | 52 | 38% | 41 | 42% | 11 | 30% | |
| Non-metropolitan (4–10) | 83 | 62% | 57 | 58% | 26 | 70% | |
| CANCER-RELATED | Missing (%) | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Cancer sites | <1% | ||||||
| Breast cancer | 50 | 37% | 33 | 34% | 17 | 46% | |
| Gynecological | 10 | 7% | 8 | 8% | 2 | 5% | |
| Digestive | 11 | 8% | 8 | 8% | 3 | 8% | |
| Skin | 17 | 13% | 15 | 15% | 2 | 5% | |
| Lymphoma | 14 | 10% | 12 | 12% | 2 | 5% | |
| Other | 32 | 24% | 21 | 21% | 11 | 30% | |
| Number of cancers | 0% | ||||||
| One | 107 | 79% | 78 | 80% | 29 | 78% | |
| Multiple | 28 | 21% | 20 | 20% | 8 | 22% | |
| Treatment-related physical symptoms | 0% | ||||||
| None | 50 | 37% | 39 | 40% | 11 | 30% | |
| Any | 85 | 63% | 59 | 60% | 26 | 70% | |
| Time since last treatment | <1% | ||||||
| <1 year ago | 42 | 31% | 29 | 30% | 13 | 35% | |
| 1–4 years ago | 38 | 28% | 26 | 27% | 12 | 32% | |
| ≥5 years ago | 49 | 36% | 37 | 38% | 12 | 32% | |
| No treatment needed | 5 | 4% | 5 | 5% | 0 | 0% | |
| INFORMAL CAREGIVER NETWORK FACTORS | Missing (%) | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Spousal informal caregiver | 0 | 69 | 51% | 53 | 54 | 16 | 43 |
| Number of family/friend informal caregivers | 0 | ||||||
| 0 | 36 | 27% | 29 | 30% | 7 | 19% | |
| 1 | 37 | 27% | 32 | 33% | 5 | 14% | |
| 2 | 20 | 15% | 13 | 13% | 7 | 19% | |
| 3 | 14 | 10% | 6 | 6% | 8 | 22% | |
| 4 | 12 | 9% | 10 | 10% | 2 | 5% | |
| 5 | 16 | 12% | 8 | 8% | 8 | 22% | |
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
| % kin informal caregivers | 0 | 22% | 33% | 18% | 32% | 35% | 34% |
| % current daily communication | 0 | 53% | 42% | 51% | 44% | 56% | 37% |
| QOL | Missing (%) | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| Mental health-related QOL | 0 | 49.32 | 10.25 | 50.74 | 9.45 | 45.56 | 11.45 |
Note: Variables age, education, household income, household size, RUCC, treatment-related physical symptoms, and number of caregivers are continuous but depicted categorically to facilitate interpretability. Categories for cancer sites and time since last treatment are provided to describe the sample. Debt = cancer-related debt, borrowed money, and/or bankruptcy. RUCC=Rural Urban Continuum Code