Mader, L., Roser, K., Baenziger, J. et al. (5 more authors) (2017) Household income and risk-of-poverty of parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 64 (8). e26456. ISSN 1545-5009
Abstract
Background: Taking care of children diagnosed with cancer affects parents’ professional life and may place the family at risk-of-poverty. We aimed to (i) compare the household income and risk-of-poverty of parents of childhood cancer survivors (CCS) to parents of the general population, and (ii) identify sociodemographic and cancer-related factors associated with risk-of-poverty.
Methods: As part of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, we sent a questionnaire to parents of CCS aged 5–15 years, who survived ≥5 years after diagnosis. Information on parents of the general population came from the Swiss Household Panel (parents with ≥1 child aged 5–15 years). Risk-of-poverty was defined as having a monthly household income of <4,500 Swiss Francs (CHF) for single parents and <6,000 CHF for parent-couples. We used logistic regression to identify factors associated with risk-of-poverty.
Results: We included parents of 383 CCS and 769 control parent households. Parent-couples of CCS had a lower household income (Ptrend < 0.001) and were at higher risk-of-poverty (30.4% vs. 19.3%, P = 0.001) compared to control parent-couples. Household income and risk-of-poverty of single parents of CCS was similar to control single parents. Parents of CCS were at higher risk-of-poverty if they had only standard education (ORmother = 3.77 [where OR is odds ratio], confidence interval [CI]: 1.61–8.82; ORfather = 8.59, CI: 4.16–17.72) and were from the German language region (OR = 1.99, CI: 1.13–3.50). We found no cancer-related risk factors.
Conclusion: Parents of long-term CCS reported lower household income and higher risk-of-poverty than control parents. Support strategies may be developed to mitigate parents’ risk-of-poverty in the long term, particularly among parents with lower education.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mader L, Roser K, Baenziger J, Tinner EM, Scheinemann K, Kuehni CE, Michel G, and For the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG). Household income and risk-of-poverty of parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017;64: e26456, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26456. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving |
Keywords: | childhood cancer survivors; cohort; income; parents; pediatric oncology; poverty |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2017 14:19 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2018 01:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26456 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/pbc.26456 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118530 |