TABLE 1.

Sample characteristics: insured non‐elderly cancer survivors from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2011–2015 (N = 2738)

Variables	Categories	Unweighted n	Weighted %
Age (years)	18–49	929	31.6
	50–59	1085	40.9
	60–64	724	27.6
Sex	Male	988	39.5
	Female	1750	60.5
Race/ethnicity	Non‐Hispanic White	1745	81.8
	Black	415	7.1
	Hispanic	398	7.1
	Asian/others	180	4.0
Marital status	Not married	1081	33.2
	Married	1657	66.8
Education	HS education/diploma	989	29.5
	Some college	827	30.7
	College degree or above	922	39.8
Income levela	Low income	795	20.1
	Middle income	709	24.0
	High income	1234	56.0
Insurance status	Private MC	604	22.3
	Private non‐MC	1506	62.5
	Medicaid	356	7.7
	Medicare/dual‐eligible	272	7.5
Number of MEPS priority conditions	None	432	14.6
	One	515	19.9
	Two	523	19.9
	Three or more	1268	45.6
Census region	Northeast	549	20.2
	Midwest	578	22.3
	South	928	34.9
	West	683	22.6
Health status	Poor or fair	756	22.7
	Good	831	28.4
	Very good or excellent	1151	48.9

Survey weighted descriptive statistics based on the analysis of MEPS data (2011–2015).

Abbreviations: FI, family income; FPL, federal poverty level; HS, high school; MC, managed care; MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

^a Low income represents FI < 200% of FPL, middle income represents FI 200% to <400% of FPL, and high income represents FI ≥ 400% of FPL.