Table 3 Participant characteristics
| Â | Spouse caregiver | Adult-child caregiver | Sibling caregiver | Other caregiver | Stroke survivor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number in each group | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
Age (in years) | |||||
 Range | 49–80 | 61–66 | 51–53 | 45–79 | 45–84 |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
 Female | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Ethnicity | |||||
 Chinese | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
 Malay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
 Indian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Marital status | |||||
 Married living with spouse | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 |  |
 Single never married | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |  |
 Divorced | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
Education | |||||
 Primary | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Secondary | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Post-secondary | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |  |
 University | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |  |
Employment | |||||
 Working part-time | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |  |
 Working full-time | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |  |
 Unemployed | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |  |
 Homemaker | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  |
 Retired | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  |
Co-residing with stroke survivor | |||||
 Yes | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 |  |
 No | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |  |
FDW present | |||||
 Yes | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 |  |
 No | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |  |
FDW hired for general choresa | |||||
 Yes | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |  |
 No | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |  |
FDW hired for stroke survivor carea | |||||
 Yes | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 |  |
 No | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Number of other family members helping | |||||
 0–1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |  |
 2–3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |  |
 4–6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  |