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Table 2 Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Family Caregivers and Children

From: Factors associated with anxiety in family caregivers of children with chronic diseases

Variables

Caregivers

Variables

Children

M (SD)

n (%)

M (SD)

n (%)

Sex

Sex

 Female

 

367 (83)

Female

 

214 (48)

 Male

79 (17)

Male

232 (52)

 Age

32.23 (8.65)

 

Age (months)

32.21 (128.81)

 

Marital status

Months of hospitalization

1.71 (1.22)

 Married

 

179 (40.1)

 

 Cohabiting

167 (37.4)

 Separated

40 (9)

 Single mother

34 (7.6)

 Divorced

13 (2.9)

 Widowed

6 (1.3)

 Other

7 (1.6)

Education

Months since diagnosis

3.5 (2.00)

 Illiterate

 

15 (3.4)

 

 Primary & secondary

281 (63)

 Preparatory

115 (25.8)

 University

35 (7.8)

Occupation

 Homemaker

 

292 (65.5)

 

 Employed

60 (13.5)

 Merchant

43 (9.6)

 Unemployed

31 (7)

 Laborer

15 (3.4)

 Student

5 (1.1)

Parental role

 Mother

 

344 (77.1)

 

 Father

75 (16.1)

 Sibling

4 (0.9)

 Other

26 (5.8)

Type of family

 Nuclear

 

225 (50.4)

 

 Single parent

74 (16.6)

 Seminuclear

68 (15.2)

 Extended

46 (10.3)

 Other

33 (7.4)

Family life cycle

 Small children

 

146 (32.73)

 

 School-age children

264 (59.2)

 Adult children

35 (7.84)

Support network

 Family

 

371 (83.2)

 

 Institutions

50 (11.2)

 Government

15 (3.4)

 Friends

8 (1.8)

 Incomea

1.62 (0.93)

 

 0–3

 

432 (96.86)

 4–7

13 (2.91)

 More than 8

1 (0.22)

  1. Note. N = 446. M = arithmetic mean, SD = standard deviation, n = simple absolute frequency, and % = percentage
  2. a Monthly income is approximately 141 US dollars)