Table 1 Family characteristics
From: Parental stress when caring for a child with cancer in Jordan: a cross-sectional survey
(mean and SD) | Families - a child with cancer | Families - no children with serious illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mothers | Fathers | Mothers | Fathers | |
Age | 34.00 (7.31) | 39.99 (8.09) | 35.62 (5.83) | 42.10 (6.66) |
PSS10 scores | 23.98 (8.21) | 20.25 (8.68) | 17.94 (6.41) | 15.13 (7.12) |
No. of children | 2.84 (1.36) | 3.56 (1.44) | ||
% of respondents | ||||
Employed (unemployed) | 11.0 | 90.0 | 26.3 | 93.9 |
Education | ||||
Uneducated | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Elementary school | 7.0 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 9.7 |
High school | 37.0 | 36.3 | 39.4 | 26.9 |
College | 53.3 | 45.7 | 48.7 | 53.4 |
University | 1.7 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 10.0 |
Comfortable | 23.0 | 20.3 | 33.5 | 32.2 |
Varies | 47.7 | 42.7 | 58.0 | 59.5 |
Tight | 29.3 | 37.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 |