Table A.2
Summary statistics for other characteristics of the cancer and comparison group before and after matching and pruning

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Table A.2
Summary statistics for other characteristics of the cancer and comparison group before and after matching and pruning
Table summary
This table displays the results of Summary statistics for other characteristics of the cancer and comparison group before and after matching and pruning. The information is grouped by Variables (appearing as row headers), Cancer sample, Comparison sample, Unmatched difference, Unmatched and Matched and reweighted , calculated using dollars, percent, percentage points and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
VariablesNote 1 Cancer sample Comparison sample Unmatched
differenceNote 2
Unmatched Matched and reweighted
dollars
Earnings at T-1 (mean) 43,445 46,454 43,374 -3,009Note *
  percent percentage points
Quintiles of earnings at T-1  
Lowest 23.45 19.99 23.10 3.46Note ***
Second 21.79 20.00 21.64 1.80Note *
Third 19.25 20.00 20.02 -0.75
Fourth 17.60 20.01 17.85 -2.41Note **
Highest 17.91 20.00 17.39 -2.10Note **
  dollars
Earnings at T-2 (mean) 43,689 45,493 42,902 -1,804
  percent percentage points
Quintiles of earnings at T-2  
Lowest 24.37 19.99 22.84 4.38Note ***
Second 20.83 20.00 21.32 0.83
Third 18.75 20.00 20.18 -1.25
Fourth 17.10 20.01 17.92 -2.91Note ***
Highest 18.95 20.00 17.75 -1.06
Self-employment at T  
No 82.13 80.54 80.62 1.60Note *
Yes 15.94 16.73 17.14 -0.79
Missing 1.93 2.74 2.25 -0.81Note *
Union at T 41.16 40.87 40.82 0.29
Marital status at T  
Single 23.57 22.92 22.37 0.64
Couple 73.55 72.96 74.18 0.59
Missing 2.89 4.12 3.45 -1.23Note **
Long-term disabilities or handicaps in 1991 Census  
No 96.65 96.81 96.53 -0.16
Yes 2.43 2.25 2.56 0.17
Missing 0.92 0.94 0.91 -0.01
    number
n 2,597 1,228,551 624,835 ...
Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)

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Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

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Note 1.

Variables not used in matching but included in the regression analysis.

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Note 2.

This column displays the difference in means (proportion) between cancer and comparison group before matching; standard symbols indicate significant t-test differences between these two groups.

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… not applicable
Note: Earnings in T-2 (T minus 2) are not included in regression analysis. T: year of cancer diagnosis for the cancer sample; n: number of observations. T-1: T minus 1. Author's calculations.
Source: Statistics Canada, 1991 Census–Longitudinal Worker File.
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