Table 1 Family caregiver and person with dementia descriptive demographics in the whole sample (n = 583)
Family caregiver demographics | Total |
Gender n (%) | |
Female | 468 (80.3) |
Male | 114 (19.7) |
Age M (SD) | 59.5 (12.3) |
Range | 18–89 |
Marital status n (%) | |
Single | 81 (14.1) |
Married | 397 (68.9) |
Separated | 13 (2.3) |
Divorced | 42 (7.3) |
Widow/widower | 13 (2.3) |
Other | 28 (4.9) |
Prefer not to say | 2 (0.3) |
Ethnicity n (%) | |
White British/ Irish | 543 (94.2) |
Mixed British | 4 (0.7) |
Indian/British Indian | 4 (0.7) |
Black Caribbean/African | 4 (0.7) |
Other | 19 (3.7) |
Highest completed level of education n (%) | |
Primary education or less | 3 (0.5) |
Secondary education | 136 (23.7) |
Further education | 409 (71.3) |
Other general education | 20 (3.5) |
Prefer not to say | 6 (1) |
Relationship to person with Dementia n (%) | |
Spouse/partner | 173 (30.1) |
Son/daughter | 338 (58.9) |
Other | 63 (11) |
Cohabiting n (%) | |
Yes | 245 (42.7) |
No | 329 (57.3) |
Receiving additional support n (%) (n = 572) | |
Yes | 390 (68.2) |
No | 182 (31.8) |
Person with dementia demographics | |
Gender n (%) | |
Female | 369 (63.4) |
Male | 213 (36.6) |
Age M (SD) | 80 (9.5) |
Range | 39–99 |
Marital status n (%) | |
Single | 17 (3) |
Married | 287 (50.3) |
Separated | 10 (1.8) |
Divorced | 25 (4.4) |
Widow/widower | 227 (39.8) |
Other | 5 (0.9) |
Prefer not to say | – |
Ethnicity n (%) | |
White British/ Irish | 541 (95.2) |
Mixed British | – |
Indian/British Indian | 5 (0.9) |
Black Caribbean/African | 5 (0.9) |
Other | 4 (0.7) |
Highest completed level of education n (%) | |
Primary education or less | 30 (5.3) |
Secondary education | 313 (55.2) |
Further education | 163 (27.9) |
Other general education | 28 (4.9) |
Prefer not to say/not known | 33 (5.9) |
Dementia diagnosis n (%) | |
Alzheimer’s Disease | 288 (50.5) |
Vascular | 108 (18.9) |
Dementia with Lewy | 19 (3.3) |
Bodies | 22 (3.9) |
Fronto-temporal | 133 (23.3) |