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These stressors contribute to psychosocial issues among this population and many caregivers experience loneliness. A caregiver\u2019s neighborhood context and financial circumstances could be associated with loneliness. The current study had two objectives: (1) examine the associations among area deprivation index, household income, and loneliness for caregivers of patients with cancer and (2) identify potential interaction effects between area deprivation index and household income on loneliness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Demographic data and baseline surveys for our study were derived from a larger clinical trial of caregivers of patients with cancer receiving outpatient palliative care. Participants were geocoded to determine their census block group and corresponding area deprivation index percentile. 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