Table. Cancer Survivor–Reported Factors Associated With Job Lock for Cancer Survivors or Their Families.
| Characteristic | Job lock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivor (n = 1340)a | Spouse/partner (n = 1593)b | |||||
| Weighted % | Adjusted predicted marginal % (95% CI) | Wald P valuec | Weighted % | Adjusted predicted marginal % (95% CI) | Wald P valuec | |
| Time since last cancer treatment, y | ||||||
| ≥5 | 9.8 | 17 (11-26) | .75 | 10.6 | 4 (2-10) | .07 |
| 3-5 | 51.9 | 19 (16-23) | 48.7 | 11 (9-14) | ||
| 1-2 | 18.2 | 22 (17-28) | 19.4 | 8 (5-12) | ||
| <1 | 20.1 | 20 (15-25) | 21.4 | 12 (8-16) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 42.2 | 17 (14-22) | .14 | 44.4 | 12 (1-16) | .03 |
| Female | 57.8 | 21 (18-25) | 55.6 | 8 (7-10) | ||
| Current age, y | ||||||
| ≥75 | 14.4 | 4 (2-9) | <.001 | 25.9 | 3 (1-5) | <.001 |
| 65-74 | 30.1 | 17 (13-21) | 31.2 | 9 (6-12) | ||
| 55-64 | 29.6 | 24 (19-29) | 24.0 | 15 (12-2) | ||
| 18-54 | 26.1 | 28 (22-35) | 18.9 | 19 (14-25) | ||
| Current marital status | ||||||
| Not married | 61.0 | 18 (15-21) | .09 | 68.2 | 7 (5-10) | .02 |
| Married | 39.0 | 23 (19-27) | 31.8 | 11 (9-14) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 82.1 | 20 (17-23) | .69 | 83.2 | 9 (7-11) | <.001 |
| Nonwhite | 17.9 | 19 (14-25) | 16.8 | 16 (12-22) | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| <High school | 7.3 | 12 (7-19) | .09 | 11.4 | 9 (6-14) | .73 |
| High school graduate | 24.2 | 18 (14-24) | 28.8 | 9 (7-13) | ||
| >High school | 68.6 | 21 (18-24) | 59.8 | 11 (9-13) | ||
| Current income as a % of the federal poverty level | ||||||
| <138 | 11.4 | 17 (12-24) | .003 | 13.7 | 8 (5-12) | <.001 |
| 138-≤400 | 32.3 | 28 (23-33) | 34.6 | 15 (12-19) | ||
| >400 | 56.3 | 16 (13-19) | 51.7 | 8 (6-10) | ||
| Current No. of MEPS priority conditions other than cancer | ||||||
| 0 | 15.2 | 16 (11-21) | .48 | 12.8 | 6 (4-9) | .003 |
| 1 | 22.9 | 21 (16-27) | 19.2 | 10 (7-15) | ||
| 2 | 23.3 | 20 (15-25) | 21.4 | 7 (4-11) | ||
| >3 | 38.6 | 21 (17-26) | 46.7 | 14 (10-17) | ||
| Survey year | ||||||
| 2011 | 28.2 | 17 (14-21) | .17 | 28.2 | 12 (9-15) | .13 |
| 2016-2017 | 34.3, 37.4 | 21 (17-24) | 36.0, 35.9 | 9 (8-11) | ||
Abbreviation: MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Participants reporting a history of only nonmelanoma skin cancer or skin cancer of unknown type were excluded (n = 481). Estimates incorporate national survey sampling weights.
In 2011, 2016, and 2017, 339, 331, and 190 participants, respectively, responded “does not apply” to the question about a spouse/partner staying at a job out of concern for losing health insurance for the family. Those responses are excluded here from the totals. “Does not apply” was not a survey option for cancer survivors; it was only in reference to spouses/partners, presumably as an option they could select if they did not have a spouse/partner during the reference period.
Statistical significance for all analyses was set at P < .05, and all tests were 2-sided.