Table 1.
Sample responses and estimated sample characteristics
| |
Diabetes sub-sample |
Lung sub-sample |
NSA subsample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Carer with chronic condition |
Not a carer with chronic condition |
Carer with chronic condition |
Not a carer with chronic condition |
Carer with chronic condition |
Not a carer with chronic condition |
Carer with no chronic condition |
Not a carer with no chronic condition |
| Sample* | 55 | 368 | 117 | 559 | 130 | 1,107 | 12 | 183 |
| Estimated population structure | ||||||||
| % Male |
47.3% |
57.4% |
52.4% |
39.4% |
35.6% |
40.2% |
35.0% |
41.4% |
| % aged <60 years |
19.4% |
26.1% |
9.8% |
11.7% |
26.3% |
25.6% |
45.6% |
33.3% |
| % aged 60–69 years |
30.6% |
36.5% |
33.1% |
34.6% |
43.4% |
49.3% |
50.1% |
54.6% |
| % aged 70 years or older |
50.0% |
37.4% |
57.1% |
53.7% |
30.4% |
25.1% |
4.3% |
12.1% |
| % caring for parent |
34.1% |
|
16.8% |
|
21.3% |
|
31.4% |
|
| % caring for partner |
60.3% |
|
73.6% |
|
62.9% |
|
52.4% |
|
| % caring for son/daughter |
1.2% |
|
1.2% |
|
5.9% |
|
16.2% |
|
| % caring for other | 4.5% | 8.5% | 9.9% | 0.0% | ||||
*Note: in theory we expected no respondents from the DBT and LNG samples without chronic conditions, but have found 4 and 5 respectively. These may be people who joined the bodies to support their family members.