Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study caregivers and their mentally ill patients, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, 2017

Variables	Caregivers		Patients
	No. (425)	%	No. (425)	%
Age (years)
Range	21–85		5–75
Mean ± SD	45.1 ± 14.3		32.7 ± 12.2
Gender
Male	167	39.3	200	47.1
Female	258	60.7	225	52.9
Residence
Urban	59	13.9	59	13.9
Rural	366	86.1	366	86.1
Marital status
Married	295	69.4	166	39.1
Single	54	12.7	206	48.5
Divorced	9	2.1	32	7.5
Widowed	67	15.8	21	4.9
Educational status
Illiterate	231	54.4	182	42.8
Can read and write	37	8.7	32	7.5
Primary/preparatory	35	8.2	91	21.4
Secondary/technical/above average	90	21.2	103	24.2
University	32	7.5	17	4.0
Caregivers occupation
Does not work/\housewife	283	66.6	–	–
Unskilled/skilled worker	66	15.5	–	–
Employee	25	5.9	–	–
Professional	9	2.1	–	–
Farmer	42	9.9	–	–
Caregivers relationship with the patients
Parents	208	48.9	–	–
Brother/sister	103	24.2	–	–
Spouse (husband/wife)	48	11.3	–	–
Son/daughter	30	7.1	–	–
Others*	36	8.5	–	–
Patients income
Employed and a fixed salary is paid even in his illness	–	–	10	2.4
Employed and no salary is paid in his illness	–	–	39	9.2
Unemployed and has a pension for his mother or father or exceptional	–	–	99	23.3
Unemployed and has no source of income, financially supported by his own family	–	–	257	60.5
Retired with a pension	–	–	1	0.2
Non-applicable (e.g., children)	–	–	19	4.5

*Others: (grandmother, uncle/aunt, nephew, cousin)