Preferences of Caregivers of People with Dementia for Respite Care: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Table 2

Characteristics of the participants.

Characteristics	Caregivers who passed the consistency test (n = 322)		Caregivers who failed the consistency test (n = 27)		All (n = 349)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Male	119	36.96	11	40.74	130	37.25
Female	203	63.04	16	59.26	219	62.75
Age
<65 years	124	38.51	4	14.81	128	36.68
≥65 years	198	61.49	23	85.19	221	63.32
Employment status
Employment	84	26.09	8	29.63	92	26.36
Retirement	238	73.91	19	70.37	257	73.64
Self-rated health status
Good	68	21.12	7	25.93	75	21.49
Medium	142	44.10	8	29.63	150	42.98
Poor	112	34.78	12	44.44	124	35.53
Self-rated economic situation
Good	77	23.91	4	14.81	81	23.21
Medium	218	67.70	10	37.04	228	65.33
Poor	27	8.39	13	48.15	40	11.46
Disease severity of PwD
Mild	61	18.94	5	18.52	66	18.91
Moderate	137	42.55	10	37.04	147	42.12
Severe	124	38.51	12	44.44	136	38.97

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