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Table 1 Description of included respondents (n = 33)

From: Willingness and preparedness to provide care: interviews with individuals of different ages and with different caregiving experiences

Perspective

No caregiving experience

Informal caregiver

Care consultant

Long-term care support centre

Consultancy centre

Long-term care insurance

Commercial care consultant

Lobbyist for informal caregivers

n

7

12

3

3

5

2

1

Sex, n

 Female

5

9

2

3

2

1

 

 Male

2

3

1

 

3

1

1

Age (years), n

 20–29

2

      

 30–39

4

    

1

 

 40–49

  

1

 

1

  

 50–59

1

2

1

3

4

1

 

 60–69

 

6

1

    

  ≥ 75

 

4

    

1

Family status, n

 Single

2

1

     

 Married or in serious relationship

5

10

     

 Widowed

 

1

     

Children, n

 Yes

5

11

     

 No

2

1

     

Employment status, n

 Student

1

      

 Working, full-time

3

1

     

 Working, part-time

3

1

     

 Unemployed

 

2

     

 Retired

 

8

     

Relationship to the person in need of care, n

 Relatives of mine

 

8

2

2

3

  

 Relatives of my partner

     

1

 

 Relatives of mine and relatives of my partner

 

3

     

 Relatives of mine and close friends

 

1

  

1

 

1

 Relatives of mine, Relatives of my partner and close friends

   

1

   

Care grades, n

 1

 

2

     

 2

 

2

1

  

1

 

 3

 

5

1

2

3

  

 4

 

3

    

1

 5

   

1

1

  

Total care duration, n

 Less than 1 year

  

1

 

1

  

 Between 1 and 2 years

 

3

 

1

1

1

 

 Between 3 and 4 years

 

1

1

1

   

 Between 4 and 5 years

 

2

  

1

  

 Between 5 and 6 years

 

2

     

 Between 8 and 9 years

 

2

     

 More than 10 years

 

2

 

1

1

 

1

  1. Care consultants were only asked to provide information on their age, sex and the type of care consultancy they work at. Informal caregivers and people without any prior caregiving situation were additionally asked to provide information on their family status, whether they have children and employment status. Thus, for these three characteristics, information is only available for n = 19 interviewees. For the last three characteristics describing the respective caregiving experience of respondents, information is only available for n = 23 interviewees