Table 3. Sociodemographic data.

Informal caregivers	Female	Male	Total
Sex	171 (87.2%)	25 (12.8%)	196 (100%)
Mean age in years (±SD)	51.5 (±12.0)	57.7 (±15.3)	52.3 (±12.6)
Caring activities for more than one person n (%)	80 (46.8%)	12 (48.0%)	92 (46.9)
Caring effort n (%) a
low	35 (20.5%)	7 (28.0%)	42 (21.4%)
high	135 (78.9%)	18 (72.0%)	153 (78.1%)
not specified	1 (0.6%)	-	1 (0.5%)
Caring activities n (%) b
body care and hygiene	138 (80.7%)	17 (68.0%)	155 (79.1%)
household activities	153 (89.5%)	24 (96.0%)	177 (90.3%)
cooking	139 (81.3%)	15 (60.0%)	154 (78.6%)
feeding activities	117 (68.4%)	13 (52.0%)	130 (66.3%)
participation in society, contact with relatives and friends	126 (73.7%)	15 (60.0%)	141 (71.9%)
further activities	83 (48.5%)	15 (60.0%)	98 (50.0%)
Persons to be cared for	Female	Male	Total
Sex	104 (52.3%)	90 (47.7%)	194 (99.0%)
Median age in years (IQR)	77.0 (76)	62.0 (61)	68.0 (68)

Abbreviations

^a = single answer

^b = multiple answers; n = frequency; SD = Standard deviation