The Experiences of Older Chinese Migrants with Chronic Diseases during COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia

Table 2

Demographic information of participants (N = 24).

Participant	Age	Marital status	Education level	Living arrangement	NCDs
	80–85	Widowed	No formal education	Living with an adult child carer	Hypertension and diabetes
2	65–70	Married	Primary school	Living with a sibling carer	Hypertension and chronic arthritis
3	75–80	Married	University	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Chronic arthritis and parkinson’s disease
4	75–80	Married	University	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Diabetes and coronary heart disease
5	80–85	Married	University	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cholecystitis
6	80–85	Widowed	University	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Coronary heart disease
7	85–90	Widowed	Senior high school	Living with an adult child carer	Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and maculopathy
8	70–75	Married	Senior high school	Living with a spouse carer	Hypertension
9	70–75	Married	Master	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Diabetes
10	70–75	Married	University	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, and thyroid disease
11	70–75	Married	Primary school	Living with an adult child carer	Kidney cancer
12	70–75	Married	University	Living with a spouse carer	Behcet disease
13	70–75	Married	Diploma	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Hypertension, chronic arthritis, osteoporosis, hyperlipidemia, and hypercholesteremia
14	65–70	Married	Junior high school	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Hypertension, osteoporosis
15	80–85	Married	Junior high school	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Asthma, chronic bronchitis osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease
16	70–75	Married	Junior high school	Living with a spouse and caring for each other	Hypercholesteremia, chronic arthritis, and cholecystitis
17	65–70	Single	University	Living alone	Rheumatic arthritis
C1	65–70	Married	Senior high school	Living with and caring for mother and a sibling	Nil
C2	75–80	Married	Junior high school	Living with and caring for a spouse	Nil
C3	60–65	Married	Senior high school	Caring for mother, but not living with her	Nil
C4	65–70	Married	Junior high school	Living with and caring for a spouse	Nil
C5	35–40	Married	University	Caring for both parents, but not living with them	Nil
C6	50–55	Married	Junior high school	Living with and caring for mother-in-law	Asthma
C7	70–75	Married	University	Living with and caring for a spouse	Nil

  older Chinese migrant participants, C:  carer participants, and NCDs:  noncommunicable disease.