Table 1 Characteristics of employed cancer survivors*

Gender

Male

125 (36)

68 (54); 57 (46)

0.870

Female

226 (64)

125 (55); 101 (45)

Age in years

< 52

163 (46)

98 (60); 65 (40)

0.072

≥ 52

188 (54)

95 (50); 93 (50)

Marital status

Single

35 (10)

22 (63); 13 (37)

0.413

Married/living with partner

278 (79)

153 (55); 125 (45)

Divorced/widowed

38 (11)

18 (47); 20 (53)

No. of children

None

90 (26)

55 (61); 35 (39)

0.576

1

46 (13)

24 (52); 22 (48)

2

139 (40)

75 (54); 64 (46)

> 2

76 (21)

39 (51); 37 (49)

Principal wage earner

Yes

193 (55)

109 (56); 84 (44)

0.465

No

156 (45)

82 (53); 74 (47)

Nationality

Dutch

340 (97)

184 (54); 156 (46)

0.069

Non-Dutch

11 (3)

9 (82); 2 (18)

Education

None/ primary/lower vocational

91 (26)

49 (54); 42 (46)

0.102

Secondary school

60 (17)

25 (42); 35 (58)

Vocat. education/upper sec. school

105 (30)

63 (60); 42 (40)

Upper vocat. education/university

94 (27)

56 (60); 38 (40)

Health determinants

Tumor type

Mamma

143 (40)

93 (65); 50 (35)

0.024

Urinary tract

20 (6)

11 (55); 9 (45)

Urogenital (m)

11 (3)

5 (46); 6 (54)

Urogenital (f)

17 (5)

10 (59); 7 (41)

Respiratory tract

24 (7)

6 (25); 18 (75)

Digestive system

45 (13)

21 (47); 24 (53)

Head and neck

18 (5)

12 (67); 6 (33)

Haematological

50 (14)

25 (50); 25 (50)

Central nerve system

10 (3)

4 (40); 6 (60)

Other

13 (4)

6 (42); 7 (58)

Extensive disease

Negative lymph nodes

180 (52)

103 (57); 77 (43)

0.001

Positive lymph nodes

116 (34)

72 (62); 44 (38)

Metastasis

50 (14)

16 (32); 34 (68)

Treatment modalities

Surgery      yes

242 (69)

141 (58); 101 (42)

0.066

         no

109 (31)

52 (48); 57 (52)

Radiotherapy    yes

210 (60)

114 (54); 96 (46)

0.748

         no

141 (40)

79 (56); 62 (44)

Chemotherapy   yes

253 (72)

134 (53); 119 (47)

0.221

         no

98 (28)

59 (60); 39 (40)

Hormone therapy  yes

107 (30)

69 (65); 38 (35)

0.018

         no

244 (70)

124 (51); 120 (49)

Bone marrow transplant yes

19 (6)

6 (32); 13 (68)

0.035

           no

332 (94)

187 (56); 145 (44)

Immunotherapy    yes

31 (9)

18 (58); 13 (42)

0.718

           no

320 (91)

175 (55); 145 (45)

Being free of disease

Yes

147 (42)

99 (67); 48 (33)

0.000

No

106 ( 31)

42 (40); 64 (60)

Don’t know

94 (27)

48 (51); 46 (49)

Comorbidity

No. of additional diseases 0

195 (56)

112 (58); 83 (52)

0.324

No. of additional diseases 1

51 (14)

31 (61); 20 (39)

No. of additional diseases 2

52 (15)

25 (48); 27 (52)

No. of additional diseases ≥ 3

53 (15)

25 (47); 28 (53)

Work-related determinants

Type of job

White collar

102 (29)

59 (58); 43 (52)

0.459

Civil servant

33 (9)

15 (45); 18 (55)

Blue collar

139 (40)

73 (53); 66 (47)

Health care worker

77 (22)

46 (60); 31 (40)

Job tenure in years

≤ 10

173 (49)

97 (56); 76 (44)

0.687

> 10

178 (51)

96 (54); 82 (46)

Working hours a week

≤ 32

177 (50)

90 (51); 87 (49)

0.116

> 32

174 (50)

103 (59); 71 (41)

Shift work

Yes

115 (33)

67 (58); 48 (42)

0.371

No

235 (67)

125 (53); 110 (47)

Managerial tasks

Yes

70 (20)

41 (59); 29 (41)

0.488

No

278 (80)

150 (54); 128 (46)

No. of supervised co-workers

≤ 7

35 (50)

18 (51); 17 (49)

0.225

> 7

35 (50)

23 (66); 12 (34)

Work demands

Psychological and physical

168 (48)

93 (55); 75 (45)

0.084

Psychological

106 (30)

65 (61); 41 (39)

Physical

76 (22)

34 (45); 42 (55)

Company size

No. of employees 1-9

37 (10)

21 (57); 16 (43)

0.379

No. of employees 10-99

104 (30)

51 (49); 53 (51)

No. of employees ≥ 100

208 (60)

119 (57); 89 (43)

Work ability expectations

Same

40 (17)

36 (90); 4 (10)

0.000

Increase

79 (35)

64 (81); 15 (19)

Decrease

31 (13)

15 (48); 16 (52)

Don’t know

81 (35)

58 (72); 23 (28)

Work status

Working

141 (40)

122 (87); 19 (13)

0.000

Not working

210 (60)

71 (34); 139 (66)

Actual working hours per week

≤ 20

79 (56)

64 (81); 15 (19)

0.030

> 20

62 (44)

58 (94); 4 (6)