A Model of Social Support for a Patient–Informal Caregiver Dyad

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of the experimental groups.

Variables	Patients		Caregivers
	Respondents ()	%; Respondents	Respondents ()	%; Respondents
Gender
Female	120	70.59	94	55.29
Male	50	29.41	76	44.71
Age (years)
19–30	7	4.12	8	4.71
31–39	13	7.65	26	1.29
40–49	24	14.12	39	22.94
50–59	38	22.35	39	22.94
60–69	50	29.41	39	22.94
70–79	30	17.65	17	10.00
80–89	8	4.71	2	1.18
Marital status
Married	119	70.00	147	86.47
Single	13	7.65	9	5.29
Widowed	27	15.88	5	2.94
Informal relationship	8	4.71	8	4.71
Other	3	1.76	1	0.59
Education
Primary	9	5.29	4	2.35
Vocational	54	31.76	41	24.12
Secondary	66	38.82	62	36.47
Higher	41	24.12	63	37.06
Financial status
Full-time job	53	31.18	96	56.47
Part-time job or a civil law contract	10	5.88	15	8.83
Disability pension	35	20.59	13	7.65
Retirement pension	57	33.53	32	18.82
Benefits	5	20.59	2	1.18
Pupil/student	0	0	1	0.59
Does not work	10	24.12	4	2.35
Other	0	0	7	4.12
Place of residence
City	53	31.18	55	32.35
Town	61	35.88	65	38.24
Village	56	32.94	50	29.41
Degree of kinship to the person with cancer
Husband/wife			94	55.29
Parent			43	25.29
Sibling			16	9.41
Child			4	2.35
Other			13	7.65