Table 1.
Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of participants: a nationally representative sample of nursing home residents aged 65 years or over in Portugal, October 2015–April 2016
| Women | Men | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Total | 72·8 | 864 | 27·2 | 322 | 100 | 1186 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <75 | 10·2 | 88 | 17·1 | 55 | 12·1 | 143 |
| 75–84 | 38·7 | 334 | 38·8 | 125 | 38·7 | 459 |
| ≥85 | 51·2 | 442 | 44·1 | 142 | 49·2 | 584 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 18·4 | 159 | 16·5 | 53 | 17·9 | 212 |
| Divorced | 3·4 | 29 | 8·4 | 27 | 4·7 | 56 |
| Widowed | 69·7 | 602 | 50·9 | 164 | 64·6 | 766 |
| Married or living together | 8·6 | 74 | 24·2 | 78 | 12·8 | 152 |
| Education (years) | ||||||
| <5 | 89·6 | 774 | 87·3 | 281 | 89·0 | 1055 |
| 5–9 | 6·4 | 55 | 7·5 | 24 | 6·7 | 79 |
| >9 | 4·1 | 35 | 5·3 | 17 | 4·4 | 52 |
| Financial situation | ||||||
| Very comfortable | 0·7 | 6 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·5 | 6 |
| Comfortable | 6·4 | 55 | 9·0 | 29 | 7·1 | 84 |
| Enough for my needs | 30·5 | 263 | 42·5 | 137 | 33·8 | 400 |
| Hard | 28·0 | 241 | 24·8 | 80 | 27·1 | 321 |
| Very hard | 10·7 | 92 | 9·3 | 30 | 10·3 | 122 |
| Did not know/did not answer | 23·8 | 205 | 14·3 | 46 | 21·2 | 251 |
| Total time in nursing home (months)† | ||||||
| <12 | 17·2 | 119 | 23·1 | 63 | 18·9 | 182 |
| 12–23 | 18·1 | 125 | 15·0 | 41 | 17·2 | 166 |
| 24–59 | 34·3 | 237 | 33·7 | 92 | 34·1 | 329 |
| >60 | 30·4 | 210 | 28·2 | 77 | 29·8 | 287 |
†
For ‘Total time in nursing home (months)’, n 964.