Table 2.

Sociodemographic and disease characteristics of the total sample.

Variables	Categories	n (%)
Gender	Men	937 (52.1)
	Women	860 (47.9)
Marital status	Single	217 (12.1)
	Married	994 (55.4)
	Widow	416 (23.1)
	Other	167 (9.3)
Employment situation	Employee	282 (15.7)
	Housekeeper	569 (31.7)
	Retired	635 (35.3)
	Other	310 (17.3)
Educational level	Primary or basic	1113 (62.1)
	Secondary level	442 (24.7)
	University	203 (11.3)
	Other	35 (2.0)
	Range (years)	Mean (SD)
Age	20–98	68.9 (12.3)
Age at LTC onset	3–91	60.1 (12.8)
Duration of the LTC	0–67	8.7 (7.9)

LTC: long-term condition.