Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics by survivor status

From: Assessment of Survivor Concerns (ASC): A newly proposed brief questionnaire

	Short-Term Survivors		Long-Term Survivors		Total Sample
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age*
Under 50	87	14.7	30	18.6	117	15.5
50–65	209	35.3	84	52.2	293	38.9
Over 65	296	50.0	47	29.2	343	45.6
Sex*
Female	372	62.8	122	75.8	494	65.6
Male	220	37.2	39	24.2	259	34.4
Marital Status
With Partner	413	69.8	100	62.1	513	68.1
No Partner	179	30.7	61	37.9	240	31.2
Ethnicity
Japanese	233	39.4	74	46.0	307	40.8
Caucasian	198	33.5	45	28.0	243	32.3
Hawaiian	70	11.8	19	11.8	89	11.8
Filipino	59	10.0	14	8.7	73	9.7
Other	32	5.4	9	5.6	32	5.4
Children
None	98	16.6	27	16.8	125	16.6
One	78	13.2	19	11.8	97	12.9
Two	160	27.0	52	32.3	212	28.2
Three	98	16.6	30	18.6	128	17.0
Four or More	156	26.4	30	18.6	186	24.7
Education
No Degree	69	11.7	11	6.9	80	10.7
High School	131	22.2	29	18.2	160	21.4
Some College	193	32.8	56	35.2	249	33.3
College Degree	127	21.6	34	21.4	161	21.5
Graduate Degree	69	11.7	29	18.2	98	13.1
Family Income
Under $25,000	173	31.4	45	28.7	218	30.8
$25,000–$50,000	174	31.6	42	26.8	216	30.5
Over $50,000	204	37.0	70	44.6	274	38.7
Treatment
Surgery	465	78.6	133	82.6	598	79.4
Chemotherapy*	82	13.9	39	24.2	121	16.1
Radiation*	262	44.3	87	54.0	349	46.4
Hormone	96	16.2	25	15.5	121	16.1
Site*
Breast	222	37.5	78	48.4	300	39.8
Digestive	92	15.5	15	9.3	107	14.2
Prostate	84	14.2	16	9.9	100	13.3
Female Genital	59	10.0	19	11.8	78	10.4
Other	135	22.8	33	20.5	168	22.3
Total	592	78.6	161	21.4	753	100.0

Only data from the final sample are shown. For Treatment, responses are not mutually exclusive. Statistically significant differences (p < .01) are indicated with an asterisk (*).

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