Table 3.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants

Marital status (missing n = 0)	n	%
Married, living together with the partner	30	63.8
Married, living separate from the partner*	1	2.1
Single*	4	8.5
Widowed*	7	14.9
Divorced*	5	10.6
* Of which living in partnership (missing n = 0)	3	17.6
Living in partnership (married or not married)	33	70.2

LEMS was cause of separation (in case of separation or divorce)	n	%
LEMS was no cause of separation	6	100.0
LEMS was of minor importance	0	0.0
LEMS was of medium importance	0	0.0
LEMS was of high importance	0	0.0

LEMS affecting family planning (missing n = 14)	n	%
Yes	6	22.2
Male	0	0
Female	6	18.8
Male before or during family planning	0	0
Female before or during family planning (missing n = 1)	6	100

Employment level before LEMS symptoms (missing n = 1)	n	%
Full-time employment	25	54.3
Part-time employment	11	23.9
Pensioner, retiree or in early retirement	7	15.2
Not gainfully employed	3	6.5

Limitations regarding employment because of LEMS? (referring to 39 working patients, including 9 missing)	n	%
Yes	25	83.3
Kind of limitations (multiple answers possible)
…reducing working hours	9	36.0
…recurrent occupational disability	7	28.0
…unemployment	0	0.0
…professional disability	3	12.0
…incapacity to work	12	48.0
…multiple answers selected	5	20.0

Severely disabled person card (missing n = 1)	n	%
No	4	8.7
No, but request made	0	0.0
Yes	42	91.3
	Median	IQR
Degree of disability	70	50/80

Net household income (unweighted) (missing n = 10)	n	%
< 1000€	0	0.0
1000€—2499€	13	35.1
2500€—5000€	16	43.2
> 5000€	8	21.6

Being afraid of poverty in old age (missing n = 10)	n	%
Yes	11	23.4
…this is due to LEMS (missing n = 1)	10	100

Four categories are marked with symbol (asterisk): Married, living separate from the partner, single, widowed, divorced. Line "Of which living in a partnership" referes to thises four categories. To indicate this, the asterisk is used