Table 2.

Sociodemographic data of caregivers *.

Variable (n = 161)		n	%
Gender	women	113	70.2
	men	48	29.8
Age (in years)	n = 159
	median	55
	Q.25%–Q.50%–Q.75%	42.50–55–64
	min.–max.	17–95
Education	primary	16	9.9
	vocational	37	23
	secondary without Matura Exam	7	4.3
	secondary with Matura Exam	38	23.6
	post-secondary	11	6.8
	BA	6	3.7
	MA	46	28.6
	total	161	100
Place of residence	urban	94	58.4
	rural	67	41.6
	total	161	100
Marital status	single	31	19.4
	married	105	65.6
	widowed	15	9.4
	divorced	9	5.6
	total	160	100
Family-related caregiver	wife/husband	42	28.2
	brother/sister	6	4
	mother/father	63	42.3
	uncle/aunt	5	3.4
	cousin	6	4
	other	27	18.1
	total	149	100
Non-family caregiver	neighbour	9	60
	informal partner	4	26.7
	other	2	13.3
	total	15	100
Employment	full time	76	48.4
	part-time	10	6.4
	sick leave-child care	6	3.8
	sick leave	1	0.6
	unemployment benefit	6	3.8
	unemployed	58	36.9
	total	157	100
Period of homecare (in years)	n = 131
	median	4
	Q.25%–Q.50%–Q.75%	2–4–10
	min.–max.	1–51

Legend: n—group quantity; %—percentage; Q.25%—first quartile; Me—median; Q.75%—third quartile; Min.—minimum; Max.—maximum. * The figures in column n do not sum up to 161 due to missing data.