Table 1.

Participants’ demographic and illness-related characteristics. N = 148

Variable	Category	Frequency	%
Age (years)	Below 40	15	12.2
	40–49	37	30.1
	50–59	41	33.3
	60 and over	30	24.4
Marital status	Married	7	4.8
	Single	112	76.2
	Widowed or divorced	28	19.0
Education	Less than high school	92	66.7
	University and higher	46	33.3
Religion	No	56	38.1
	Yes	91	61.9
Having a job	No	38	26.0
	Loss of job	26	17.8
	Yes	82	56.2
Satisfaction with economic status	Satisfaction	9	6.2
	Average	106	73.1
	Dissatisfaction	30	20.7
Number of children	No or 1	27	18.4
	2	70	47.6
	3 and over	50	34.0
Smoking status	Current smoker	8	5.6
	Non-smoker	135	94.4
Drinking status	Current drinker	52	35.9
	Non-drinker	93	64.1
Type of cancer	Breast cancer	43	29.1
	Thyroid cancer	105	70.9
Stage of cancer	Early-stage cancer	71	53.8
	Advanced stage cancer	61	46.2
Time since completion of cancer treatment (years)	Less than 1	104	70.3
	1–5	32	21.6
	5 or more	12	8.1