Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants.

	Age	Gender	Education	Residence	Marital status	Religion	Employment status	Monthly house-hold income (RMB)a	Relationship with the patient	Cancer Type	Cancer stage	Caring duration (months)
1	47	F	High school	Non-local	Married	No	Employed	<5,000	Spouse	Colorectal cancer	3	6
2	37	M	University	local	Single	Buddhism	Employed	5,000–10,000	Child	Gallbladder cancer	3	3
3	39	F	High school	Non-local	Married	No	Unemployed	<5,000	Spouse	Liver cancer	4	20
4	57	F	Primary school	Non-local	Married	No	Retired	>20,000	Spouse	Liver cancer	4	3
5	66	M	University	Non-local	Married	No	Retired	10,001–15,000	Spouse	Liver cancer	4	60
6	65	F	Primary school	local	Married	No	Unemployed	<5,000	Spouse	Cholangiocarcinoma	4	6
7	27	F	University	Non-local	Single	No	Employed	10,001–15,000	Child	Pancreatic cancer	2	3
8	42	F	High school	local	Married	Buddhism	part time	5,000–10,000	Child	Liver cancer	2	39
9	58	F	University	local	Married	others	Employed	>20,000	Spouse	Cholangiocarcinoma	4	2
10	34	M	University	local	Single	No	Employed	5,000–10,000	Child	Liver cancer	1	5
11	46	F	University	Non-local	Married	No	unemployed	10,001–15,000	Spouse	Cholangiocarcinoma	4	21
12	67	M	University	local	Married	No	retired	15,000–20,000	Spouse	Gallbladder cancer	1	0.5
13	25	M	University	Non-local	Single	No	Employed	>20,000	Child	Duodenal cancer	4	6
14	36	F	University	Non-local	Divorced	No	Employed	<5,000	Sibling	Cholangiocarcinoma	2	7

^aLatest Currency Exchange Rates: 1 RMB = 0.14 USD.