Validity and reliability of the (adjusted) Impact on Participation and Autonomy questionnaire for social-support populations

Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the social-support IPA-MO database

	All	Mild physical disability	Severe physical	Mild intellectual	Mental impairment	Long-term income support	18–35 yrs	36–50 yrs	51–66 yrs	67–80 yrs	81+ yrs
n=	4120	1203	816	757	631	713	552	839	1048	768	834
Gender
Female	59%	70%	61%	49%	52%	56%	50%	55%	54%	64%	72%
Male	41%	30%	39%	51%	48%	44%	50%	45%	46%	36%	28%
Age
Mean (yrs)	59,8	75,6	72,3	42,0	45,9	50,4	27,5	43,7	58,2	74,3	86,2
St.dev	20,0	14,0	15,9	14,6	13,4	10,5	4,9	4,2	4,4	4,0	4,1
Range	18–103	18–103	18–102	18–92	18–85	20–65	18–35	36–50	51–66	67–80	81–103
Living
Alone	54%	58%	48%	44%	64%	59%	37%	47%	63%	50%	65%
With partner	25%	33%	41%	18%	12%	10%	13%	15%	21%	44%	30%
With family	19%	8%	9%	35%	21%	31%	46%	34%	14%	6%	5%
Other	2%	1%	2%	4%	3%	1%	4%	4%	2%	–	–
Work
None	65%	87%	84%	35%	50%	56%	40%	43%	59%	87%	97%
Paid job	12%	5%	3%	25%	15%	15%	17%	23%	16%	1%	–
Guided work (unpaid)	13%	1%	6%	34%	22%	8%	34%	21%	14%	4%	–
Voluntary activities	10%	7%	6%	5%	13%	21%	9%	12%	15%	8%	2%
Caregiving tasks
Yes, on regular basis	11%	7%	5%	13%	14%	19%	14%	17%	14%	6%	3%
Sources of income^a
Retirement pension	58%	84%	73%	6%	9%	2%	–	–	9%	97%	99%
Salary	11%	6%	5%	24%	15%	12%	15%	22%	15%	2%	2%
Incapacity allowance	27%	10%	18%	64%	49%	6%	63%	41%	35%	–	–
Income support	27%	5%	6%	13%	32%	94%	27%	47%	49%	2%	–
Using support:
Assistive devices	41%	69%	70%	16%	14%	10%	7%	14%	32%	64%	80%
Informal help^b	35%	37%	51%	41%	27%	15%	40%	27%	24%	38%	52%
Private services	26%	42%	47%	14%	10%	5%	7%	8%	15%	38%	60%
Special transport	36%	48%	60%	33%	18%	8%	15%	18%	32%	53%	57%
Domestic help (subsid)	44%	75%	65%	23%	27%	8%	7%	20%	37%	66%	83%
Personal assist.	63%	29%	91%	96%	93%	26%	84%	70%	58%	55%	54%

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