Table 2.

Patient and partner characteristics.

Variable	Patients	Partners
	Mean (SD or range)	Mean (SD)
Age	50.2 years(11.2)	47.3 years(8.1)
Time since patient’s diagnosis	4.7 years (1 month-11 years)	n/a
	N (%)	N (%)
Race*
White	11(91.7%)	5(83.3%)
Black/African American	1(8.3%)	1(16.7%)
Education
Bachelor’s degree or higher	10(84%)	4(67%)
Some college/associate’s degree	2(16%)	2(33%)
Employment
Full-time	4(33%)	5(83%)
Part-time/self-employed	2(17%)	1(17%)
Retired	3(25%)	0(0%)
Full-time disability	3(25%)	0(0%)
Length of relationship**
≤10 years	2(17%)	3(50%)
13–15 years	3(25%)	1(17%)
≥20 years	7(58%)	2(33%)
Metastatic diagnosis status
Recurrent disease	5(42%)	n/a
New diagnosis	7(58%)	n/a

^*All participants identified as having non-Hispanic ethnicity.

^**All participants reported being married (vs. cohabitating) and having a household income of greater than $35,000.