Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of the 446 family caregivers and differences between women and men

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%)

Z_U = -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%)

Z_U = -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%)