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Wage losses among spouses of women with nonmetastatic breast cancer
- Source :
- CancerReferences. 126(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the wage losses incurred by spouses of women with nonmetastatic breast cancer in the 6 months after the diagnosis. Methods A prospective cohort study of spouses of women diagnosed with nonmetastatic breast cancer who were recruited in 8 hospitals in the province of Quebec (Canada) was performed. Information for estimating wage losses was collected by telephone interviews conducted 1 and 6 months after the diagnosis. Log-binomial regressions were used to identify personal, medical, and employment characteristics associated with experiencing wage losses, and generalized linear models were used to identify characteristics associated with the proportion of usual wages lost. Results Overall, 829 women (86% participation) and 406 spouses (75% participation) consented to participate. Among the 279 employed spouses, 78.5% experienced work absences because of breast cancer. Spouses were compensated for 66.3% of their salary on average during their absence. The median wage loss was $0 (mean, $1820) (2003 Canadian dollars). Spouses were more likely to experience losses if they were self-employed or lived 50 km or farther from the hospital. Among spouses who experienced wage losses, those who were self-employed or whose partners had invasive breast cancer lost a higher proportion of wages. Conclusions Although spouses took some time off work, for many, the resulting wage losses were modest because of compensation received. Still, the types of compensation used may hide other forms of burden for families facing breast cancer.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Employment
Male
Cancer Research
Canada
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Wage
Breast Neoplasms
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
Cost of Illness
Cost of illness
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Salary
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Spouses
health care economics and organizations
media_common
Aged
business.industry
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Prognosis
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
8. Economic growth
Female
business
Demography
Cohort study
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970142
- Volume :
- 126
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CancerReferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c0bd687be7dc66f269595c4b34d5295d