Income disparities between adult childhood cancer survivors and their peers-A register-based cohort study from the SALiCCS research programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood cancer survivors face various adverse consequences. This Nordic register-based cohort study aimed to assess whether survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to have low income than their peers.

Methods

We identified 17,392 childhood cancer survivors diagnosed at ages 0 to 19 between 1971 and 2009 with 83,221 age-, sex-, and country-matched population comparisons. Annual disposable income at ages 20 to 50 years was retrieved from statistical offices (for 1990-2017) and categorized into low income and middle/high income. The number of transitions between income categories were assessed using binomial regression analyses.

Results

The prevalence of annual low income among childhood cancer survivors was 18.1% and 15.6% among population comparisons

SUBMITTER: Kyronlahti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469706 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature