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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and living arrangements of elderly informants

From: Re-assessing the dimensional structure of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE): empirical evidence for a shortened Brazilian version

 

Number

Percenta

 

Sex

   

  Male

136

20.9

(17.3 – 23.9)

  Female

516

79.1

(76.1 – 82.4)

Age (years)

   

  <29

22

3.4

(2.0 – 4.8)

  30 – 39

42

6.4

(4.6 – 8.4)

  40 – 49

109

16.7

(14.4 – 19.8)

  50 – 59

193

29.6

(25.9 – 33.2)

  >60

286

43.9

(39.8 – 47.9)

Educational level (years)

   

  0

6

9.0

(0.3 – 1.7)

  1 – 4

75

11.5

(8.9 – 13.8)

  5 – 8

114

17.5

(14.6 – 20.4)

  9 – 12

425

65.2

(61.5 – 69.1)

  >13

32

4.9

(3.4 – 6.9)

Main caretaker

   

  Yes

496

76.1

(72.5 – 79.6)

  No

156

23.9

(20.4 – 27.5)

Living in the same home

   

  Yes

416

63.8

(60.0 – 67.5)

  No

236

36.2

(32.5 – 40.0)

  1. a95 % confidence interval in brackets