Astri Syse

..Couples in whom the wife is highly educated appear to face increased divorce rates after a child's cancer, and this may warrant additional study...

..This is further supported by the difference in probability between first and subsequent births observed for women...

..Finding a life partner is of great importance for persons' life satisfaction, but cancer's potential impact on family life is not well described. Cancer's impact on marriage formation rates was therefore explored...

..g. reduce work-hours or hold lower-wage jobs, which result in reduced earnings. A social class gradient is present and must be addressed to accommodate appropriate intervention from welfare societies...

..Cancer's impact on family formation in older adulthood is not well described. Marriage rates among older adults were therefore explored...

..In this population-based study from Norway, the effects of cancer on both partners' earnings are analyzed...

..Possible modifying effects of parental and marital status, education, prior earnings and age were assessed in depth...

..The possibility of such differentials in offered and actual treatment should be addressed in future research...

..Cancer in a child may adversely affect parents' work opportunities due to enlarged care burdens and/or altered priorities. Few studies exist, and possible effects on parental employment and earnings were therefore explored...

..Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe features of families and minor and YA children affected by parental cancer in a nationwide population...