TABLE 3.
Patient and Parent Characteristics (N = 78)
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Parent age, y | |
| 21–29 | 4 (5) |
| 30–39 | 25 (32) |
| 40–49 | 30 (39) |
| ≥50 | 19 (24) |
| Parent sex | |
| Female | 66 (85) |
| Male | 12 (15) |
| Relation to child | |
| Parent | 77 (99) |
| Grandparent | 1 (1) |
| Parent race and/or ethnicitya | |
| White | 68 (91) |
| Black | 7 (9) |
| Asian American | 2 (3) |
| Hispanic | 2 (3) |
| Other | 1 (1) |
| Parent education | |
| High school graduate or less | 7 (9) |
| Some college or technical school | 15 (19) |
| College or technical school graduate | 36 (46) |
| Graduate or professional school | 20 (26) |
| Parent marital status | |
| Married and/or living as married | 61 (78) |
| Other | 17 (22) |
| Child age at diagnosis, y | |
| ≤12 | 51 (65) |
| ≥13 | 27 (35) |
| Child sex | |
| Male | 41 (53) |
| Female | 37 (47) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Leukemia or lymphoma | 35 (45) |
| Solid tumor (not in brain) | 30 (38) |
| Brain tumor | 13 (17) |
| Time point in cancer trajectory | |
| Treatment | 30 (38) |
| Survivorship | 27 (35) |
| Bereavement | 21 (27) |
| Site | |
| St Louis | 27 (35) |
| Boston | 27 (35) |
| Memphis | 24 (30) |
a
Not mutually exclusive.