The long-term effects of cancer survivorship on household assets

Health Economics Review

Table 2 Average descriptive statistics

	Full sample (N = 68,634)	No history of cancer (N = 58,593)	Cancer survivor (N = 10,041)	Before diagnosis (N = 4121)	Initial phase (N = 2279)	Continuing phase (N = 3641)
Individual characteristics
Age	69.6	69.5	70.0
Female^a	58.7	59.5	53.4
Married^a	65.3	63.2	77.8
Separated or divorced^a	12.6	13.3	8.5
Widowed^a	18.5	19.6	12.0
Never married^a	3.5	3.8	1.8
Number of children	3.2	3.2	3.2
Self-rated health: good or better^a	70.9	71.1	70.0
No health insurance^a	7.6	8.0	5.6
Single health insurance^a	46.2	46.6	43.7
Multiple health insurance^a	46.2	45.4	50.8
Fully employed^a	20.2	20.7	17.0
Partially employed^a	4.5	4.7	3.3
Unemployed^a	1.8	1.8	1.5
Retired^a	65.8	64.8	71.4
Not in the labor force^a	7.7	7.9	6.7
Household income and wealth^b
Total income	69,943	69,586	72,024	80,919	71,599	62,222
Total net worth	535,247	524,858	595,873	659,537	608,993	515,604
Cash and cash equivalents	49,987	48,764	57,124	57,613	54,078	58,477
Stocks and bonds	88,705	90,327	79,240	84,887	79,624	72,609
Miscellaneous savings	14,845	14,091	19,240	23,623	17,917	15,109
Retirement savings	79,319	76,675	94,749	96,936	96,191	91,372
Housing equity	184,538	180,423	208,555	223,915	204,507	193,702
Vehicles	16,693	16,349	18,702	20,035	18,023	17,617
Real estate equity	53,127	52,553	56,475	69,481	66,706	35,351
Business equity	52,970	50,544	67,128	89,373	78,155	35,049
Unsecured debts	4938	4869	5340	6325	6208	3681

Initial phase represents the first HRS survey followed by a cancer diagnosis (≤ 2 years after diagnosis). Continuing phase represents all subsequent periods after the initial phase (> 2 years but ≤ 8 years after diagnosis)
^aIndividual characteristics (excluding age and number of children) represent percentage figures
^bHousehold income and wealth are adjusted to 2015 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers

ISSN: 2191-1991