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disease (13% vs. 19%) and lymphoma (11% vs. 12%). Survivors with a diagnosis of a
renal tumour were the one diagnostic group with a higher response than non-response
rate (11% vs. 7%) but the total number was small. In general there were no differences
between the groups based on treatment type (Table 2). Respondents were slightly
younger at age of cancer diagnosis (5.6 years) compared to non-respondents (6.5 years,
p = .02).
In summary, respondents tended to be European, approximately 15 years of age,
from middle to higher socio-economic backgrounds with a diagnosis of leukaemia that
was treated primarily with chemotherapy. There were potentially important differences
between respondents and non-respondents in ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Therefore, all analyses in the following sections have been weighted for ethnicity and
socioeconomic status (New Zealand Deprivation Index 06).
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