Table 1.
Characteristics of survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers surveyed from October 2020 to January 2021 (N = 314)
n | % | ||
---|---|---|---|
Female | 209 | 61.3 | |
Survey age (years) | 18–24 | 99 | 29.0 |
25–29 | 74 | 21.7 | |
30–34 | 76 | 22.3 | |
35–39 | 68 | 19.9 | |
40–55 | 24 | 7.0 | |
Diagnosis age (years) | 15–19 | 51 | 15.0 |
20–24 | 97 | 28.5 | |
25–29 | 66 | 19.4 | |
30–34 | 61 | 17.9 | |
35–40 | 60 | 17.6 | |
Race and ethnicity | Hispanic | 34 | 10.0 |
Non-Hispanic racial minority | 23 | 6.7 | |
White, non-Hispanic | 284 | 83.3 | |
LGBTQ + | 29 | 8.5 | |
Marital status | Divorced/widowed/separated | 24 | 7.0 |
Married/cohabiting | 179 | 52.5 | |
Single | 127 | 37.2 | |
Education | ≤ High school | 42 | 12.3 |
Some college | 146 | 42.8 | |
College | 109 | 32.0 | |
Graduate school | 43 | 12.6 | |
Employment or schooling changes during COVID-19 pandemic | Increased hours | 67 | 19.7 |
Reduced hours | 74 | 21.8 | |
No change (unemployed/caregiver) | 80 | 23.5 | |
No change (employed) | 119 | 35.0 | |
Health insurance | Employer/military/individual | 270 | 79.2 |
Public and private coverage | 19 | 5.6 | |
Public | 33 | 9.7 | |
Uninsured/unknown | 15 | 4.4 | |
First diagnosis | CNS/other nervous system | 42 | 12.3 |
Carcinoma | 103 | 30.2 | |
Gonadal/related tumors | 30 | 8.8 | |
Leukemia/lymphoma | 104 | 30.5 | |
Sarcoma | 35 | 10.3 | |
Melanoma | 20 | 5.9 | |
Therapy since March 2020 | Yes | 184 | 54.0 |
Years since diagnosis | 0–2 | 207 | 60.7 |
3–10 | 116 | 34.0 | |
11–25 | 12 | 3.5 |
Missing N’s: diagnosis age = 6, LGBTQ + = 16, martial status = 11, education = 1, employment = 1, health insurance = 4, first diagnosis = 7, therapy since March 2020 = 4, years since diagnosis = 6
employment includes school enrollment