Table 4:

Appropriateness of Non-medical Reasons to Enroll Child¹

Non-medical Reason2	All (N = 432)3	Percent4	Passed test question (N = 319)	Percent4
Offers a way to help other children with cancer
Definitely not appropriate	7	1.9%	3	1.1%
Probably not appropriate	43	10.2%	34	10.9%
Probably appropriate	282	66.3%	207	65.4%
Definitely appropriate	93	21.7%	72	22.6%
Missing	7		3
Offers a way to continue to fight the disease and maintain hope that the child might get better?
Definitely not appropriate	6	1.5%	4	1.5%
Probably not appropriate	44	10.4%	32	10.0%
Probably appropriate	276	64.7%	203	64.2%
Definitely appropriate	99	23.4%	78	24.3%
Missing	7		2
Participating in research that might help other children provides a way to bring some meaning to a bad situation
Definitely not appropriate	6	1.3%	4	1.3%
Probably not appropriate	53	12.7%	41	13.3%
Probably appropriate	280	66.0%	208	66.2%
Definitely appropriate	87	20.1%	64	19.3%
Missing	6		2
Enrolling provides a way for parents to make some money
Definitely not appropriate	238	54.9%	200	62.8%
Probably not appropriate	115	26.8%	85	27.1%
Probably appropriate	64	16.4%	28	9.2%
Definitely appropriate	8	1.9%	3	0.9%
Missing	7		3
There are no other options
Definitely not appropriate	3	0.6%	1	0.3%
Probably not appropriate	32	8.5%	17	6.0%
Probably appropriate	251	58.8%	190	60.3%
Definitely appropriate	139	32.1%	108	33.4%
Missing	7		3

¹Counts unweighted, proportions weighted

²For verbatim wording of the questions, see supplemental information

³Only respondents who indicated that non-medical reasons can generally be appropriate were asked these specific questions

⁴Respondents who did not answer the question (“Missing”) are not included in the percent calculation