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Table 3 Socio-demographic details of Carers

From: Understanding carers’ fall concern and their management of fall risk among older people at home

Interview method

Carer information

Care recipient (CR) information

Carer

Age range

Gender

Marital status

Employment status

Relationship to CR

Living with CR

Time spent caring(years)

Age range

Gender

Fall in past year

Fall injury

Telephone

1

70–79

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

≥10

70–79

male

≥3

minor injury

Telephone

2

60–69

Male

married

not working

spouse

yes

0–4

60–69

female

1

severe injury

Face-to-face

3

70–79

Male

married

not working

spouse

yes

5–9

70–79

female

≥3

minor injury

Face-to-face

4

70–79

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

5–9

80–89

male

1

severe injury

Face-to-face

5

80–89

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

0–4

80–89

male

0

no injury

Face-to-face

6

70–79

Male

married

casual

spouse

yes

0–4

60–69

female

1

severe injury

Telephone

7

50–59

Female

married

not working

children

no

≥10

70–79

female

1

severe injury

Face-to-face

8

80–89

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

0–4

80–89

male

2

minor injury

Face-to-face

9

60–69

Female

married

not working

children

no

0–4

80–89

female

1

no injury

Telephone

10

60–69

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

0–4

70–79

male

2

minor injury

Telephone

11

80–89

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

≥10

80–89

male

0

no injury

Telephone

12

70–79

Male

divorced

not working

friend

no

0–4

60–69

female

0

no injury

Telephone

13

70–79

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

5–9

80–89

male

0

no injury

Telephone

14

60–69

Female

divorced

not working

children

no

0–4

90–99

female

≥3

minor injury

Telephone

15

60–69

Female

married

not working

spouse

yes

≥10

60–69

male

0

no injury

Telephone

16

50–59

Female

divorced

casual

children

no

5–9

80–89

female

0

no injury

Face-to-face

17

50–59

Female

married

part-time

children

no

5–9

80–89

female

0

no injury

Telephone

18

50–59

Female

Never married

casual

children

no

0–4

80–89

female

2

no injury

Face-to-face

19

70–79

Male

married

not working

spouse

yes

0–4

70–79

female

1

severe injury

Telephone

20

60–69

Female

married

part-time

children

no

≥10

90–99

female

1

severe injury

Telephone

21

60–69

Male

Never married

part-time

children

no

5–9

90–99

female

0

no injury

Telephone

22

60–69

Female

Never married

full-time

children

yes

5–9

90–99

male

≥3

minor injury