Employment changes among Chinese family caregivers of long-term cancer survivors

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Table 2 Employment reduction among FCGs by cancer survivors’ characteristics in post treatment Phase

Variables	Reduced = 1	Sustained = 0	χ²	P- value
Variables	N	N	χ²	P- value
Residence area			52.542	< 0.001
Urban	65	290
Rural	293	432
Age group (years)			4.819	0.186
≤ 40	8	33
40–55	102	179
56–65	119	240
> 65	129	270
Gender			6.075	0.014
Male	171	288
Female	187	434
Marital status			6.002	0.014
Married	333	637
Others	25	85
Educational level			41.948	< 0.001
Uneducated	60	114
Elementary school	160	223
Middle school	113	233
High school and above	25	152
Annual household income^a, Chinese Yuan			22.662	< 0.001
< 5000	73	99
5000–20,000	143	257
20,000–50,000	112	234
> 50,000	29	127
Cancer site			2.374	0.499
Breast	115	264
Lung	50	100
Stomach	90	173
Colorectal	103	185
Stage at diagnosis			3.203	0.202
0-I	159	301
II	112	275
III-IV	24	46
Comorbidity			8.356	0.004
Yes	74	205
No	278	493
Chemotherapy			10.205	0.001
Yes	272	480
No	86	242
Surgery			0.278	0.598
Yes	316	645
No	42	77
Radiation therapy			0.063	0.802
Yes	41	79
No	317	643
Limited ability to perform physical tasks			49.151	< 0.001
Yes	274	331
No	14	109
Limited ability to perform mental tasks			5.020	0.025
Yes	148	194
No	145	266
Duration of disease since diagnosis			10.758	0.001
2–3 years	255	441
4–5 years	103	281

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