Residential mobility among adult cancer survivors in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While residential mobility affects people's health, the dynamic of neighborhood tenure and its associated factors among cancer patients and survivors have not been studied in detail. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify sociodemographic factors associated with neighborhood tenure and relocation after the first cancer diagnosis among U.S. adult cancer survivors and patients.

Methods

Based on a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized civilian adults (≥18 years, n = 185,637) from the 2013-2018 National Health Interview Survey, we compared neighborhood tenure between adults with and without a history of cancer, and identified factors associated with their neighborhood tenure and relocation after the first cancer diagnosis, using propensity sc

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7585207 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature