Table 1 General characteristics of the sample (n = 519)
From: Class, race and ethnicity and information avoidance among cancer survivors
% | n | % | n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Education | ||||
Male | 26.6 | 138 | High school or less | 15.2 | 79 |
Female | 72.8 | 378 | High school to associate | 27.6 | 143 |
Missing | 0.6 | 3 | College | 28.3 | 147 |
Age | Post-graduate Missing | 28.30.6 | 1473 | ||
⩽39 | 10.2 | 53 | Income | ||
40–49 | 23.3 | 121 | ⩽$29 999 | 10.8 | 56 |
50–59 | 28.5 | 148 | $30 000–$49 999 | 8.1 | 42 |
60–69 | 26.8 | 139 | $50 000–$74 999 | 15.0 | 78 |
⩾70 | 10.0 | 52 | ⩾$75 000 | 53.9 | 280 |
Missing | 1.2 | 6 | Missing | 12.1 | 63 |
Race | |||||
Non-Hispanic white | 81.7 | 424 | Debt | ||
Hispanic | 5.4 | 28 | ⩽$1999 | 29.1 | 151 |
Black/African American | 7.1 | 37 | $2000–$4999 | 10.2 | 53 |
Asian | 3.1 | 16 | $5000–$9999 | 8.9 | 46 |
Other | 1.2 | 6 | $10 000–$19 999 | 9.2 | 48 |
Missing | 1.5 | 8 | $20 000–$49 999 | 8.9 | 46 |
⩾$50 000 | 14.5 | 75 | |||
Health Insurance | Missing | 19.3 | 100 | ||
Private Insurance | 76.1 | 395 | Cancer Type | ||
Medicare/Medicaid | 20.4 | 106 | Breast cancer | 46.1 | 239 |
Missing | 3.5 | 18 | Colon or rectal cancer | 5.0 | 26 |
Period of Illness | Head and neck cancer | 3.7 | 19 | ||
Under 2 years | 25.8 | 134 | Leukemia or blood cancer | 3.1 | 16 |
3 years | 23.1 | 120 | Lung cancer | 4.4 | 23 |
4 years | 25.6 | 133 | Prostate cancer | 4.0 | 21 |
Over 5 years | 20.4 | 106 | Other | 33.7 | 175 |
Missing | 5.0 | 26 | Missing | 0 | 0 |
