Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the 446 family caregivers and differences between women and men
| Variable | Women | Men | Total | Test statistic | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 367(82.3%) | 79 (17.7%) | 446 (100%) | χ2 = 185.97 | < 0.001 | |
| Age | Years | 31.77 ± 8.67 | 34.22 ± 8.64 | 32.21 ± 8.70 | t = −2.27 | 0.024 |
| Number of children | 2.34 ± 1.24 | 2.23 ± 1.22 | 2.32 ± 1.23 | t = 0.70 | 0.483 | |
| Educational level | None | 14 (3.8%) | 1 (1.3%) | 15 (3.4%) | ZU = -0.67 | 0.503 |
| Elementary | 69 (18.8%) | 15 (19%) | 84 (18.8%) | |||
| Secondary | 163(44.4%) | 34 (43%) | 197 (44.2%) | |||
| High school | 92 (25.1%) | 23 (29.1%) | 115 (25.8%) | |||
| Graduate | 27 (7.4%) | 6 (7.6%) | 33 (7.4%) | |||
| Postgraduate | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.4%) | |||
| Religion | Catholic Christian | 293 (79.8%) | 68 (86.1%) | 361 (80.9%) | χ2 = 4.17 | 0.124 |
| Non − Catholic Christian | 48 (13.1%) | 4 (5.1%) | 52 (11.7%) | |||
| None | 26 (7.1%) | 7 (8.9%) | 33 (7.4%) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 143 (39%) | 36 (45.6%) | 179 (40.1%) | χ2 = 14.84 | 0.022 |
| Cohabiting | 133 (36.2%) | 34 (43%) | 167 (37.4%) | |||
| Separated | 36 (9.8%) | 4 (5.1%) | 40 (9%) | |||
| Single mother | 34 (9.3%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (7.6%) | |||
| Divorced | 11 (3.0%) | 2 (2.5%) | 13 (2.9%) | |||
| Widowed | 6 (1.6%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (1.3%) | |||
| No answer | 4 (1.1%) | 3 (3.8%) | 7 (1.6%) | |||
| Occupation | Homemaker | 291 (79.3%) | 1 (1.3%) | 292 (65.5%) | χ2 = 186.96 |
< 0.001 < 0.001* |
| Office employee | 34 (9.3%) | 26 (32.9%) | 60 (13.5%) | |||
| Trader | 21 (5.7%) | 22 (27.8%) | 43 (9.6%) | |||
| Unemployment | 13 (3.5%) | 18 (22.8%) | 31 (7%) | |||
| Worker | 4 (1.1%) | 11 (13.9%) | 15 (3.4%) | |||
| Student | 4 (1.1%) | 1 (1.3%) | 5 (1.1%) | |||
| Average monthly family income (US dollars) | < 135 | 230(62.7%) | 40 (50.6%) | 270 (60.5%) | ZU = -1.96 | < 0.05 |
| [135, 270) | 78 (21.3%) | 22 (27.8%) | 100 (22.4%) | |||
| [270, 405) | 49 (13.4%) | 13 (16.5%) | 62 (13.9%) | |||
| [405, 540) | 4 (1.1%) | 3 (3.8%) | 7 (1.6%) | |||
| [540, 810) | 3 (0.8%) | 1 (1.3%) | 4 (0.9%) | |||
| ≥ 810 | 3 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.6%) | |||
n (%) = absolute frequency and percentage, M ± SD = arithmetic mean and standard deviation. Test statistic: χ2 = statistic value for Pearson’s Chi-squared test, t = statistic value for Student’s t-test, ZU = z-statistic value for Mann-Whitney’s U-test, and p-value = probability value for a two-tailed test. * The exact probability was used because the requirement that at least 80% of the expected frequencies were greater than or equal to 5 was not met