Table 1.
Characteristic | All Respondents | With ALA | With no ALA | With ALD | With No ALD |
Age: mean (standard deviation) | 33.03 (10.69) | 33.43 (10.52) | 32.70 (10.90) | 34.10 (12.12) | 32.68 (10.28) |
Sex: n (%) | |||||
Male | 39 (32.8) | 18 (46.2) | 21 (53.9) | 12 (30.8) | 27 (69.2) |
Female | 80 (67.2) | 35 (43.8) | 45 (56.3) | 17 (21.3) | 63 (78.8) |
Level of formal education: n (%) | 11 (9.2) | ||||
None | 38 (31.9) | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) |
Primary | 34 (28.6) | 18 (47.4) | 20 (52.6) | 12 (31.6) | 26 (64.4) |
Secondary | 36 (30.3) | 12 (35.3) | 22 (64.7) | 7 (20.6) | 27 (79.4) |
Tertiary | 17 (47.2) | 19 (52.8) | 8 (22.2 ) | 28 (77.8) | |
Marital status: n (%) | |||||
Single | 55 (46.2) | 20 (41.7) | 28 (58.3) | 12 (25.0) | 36 (75.0) |
Married | 53 (44.5) | 23 (43.4 ) | 30 (56.6) | 15 (28.3) | 38 (71.7) |
Separated | 11 (9.2) | 10 (55.6) | 8 (44.4) | 2 (11.1) | 16 (88.9) |
Employment: n (%) | |||||
Employed | 73 (61.3) | 29 (39.7) | 44 (60.3) | 18 (24.7) | 55 (75.3) |
Unemployed | 28 (23.5) | 15 (53.6) | 13 (46.4) | 7 (25.0) | 21 (75.0) |
Student | 18 (15.1) | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) |
Relationship to patient: n (%) | |||||
Parent | 32 (26.9) | 21 (65.6) | 11 (34.4) | 13 (40.6) | 19 (59.4) |
Other 1st degree relatives | 49 (41.2) | 19 (38.8) | 30 (61.2) | 10 (20.4) | 39 (79.6) |
Extended family | 32 (26.9) | 11 (34.4) | 21 (65.6) | 4 (12.5) | 28 (87.5) |
Other | 6 ( 5.0) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) |
Perception of the responsibility: n (%) | |||||
Burdening | 80 (67.2) | 42 (52.5) | 38 (47.5) | 23 (28.8) | 57 (71.3) |
Not burdening | 39 (32.8) | 11 (28.2) | 28 (71.8) | 6 (15.4) | 33 (84.6) |
Burdened, accessing support: n (%) | |||||
Yes | 46 (57.5) | 21 (45.7) | 25 (53.4) | 12 (26.1) | 34 (73.9) |
No | 34 (42.5) | 21 (61.8) | 13 (38.3) | 11 (35.4) | 23 (67.7) |
(Not Burdened) | 39 (32.8) | 11 (28.2) | 28 (71.8) | 6 (15.4) | 33 (84.6) |
Months of care giving: | |||||
mean (standard deviation) | 11.28(16.5) | 6.43(11.8) | 7.42 (9.3) | 8.97(15.5) |