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Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants

From: Carers using assistive technology in dementia care at home: a mixed methods study

Sex

 

N

%

Women

131

65.2

Men

65

32.3

Other

1

0.5

Living arrangements

Living with person with dementia

103

51.2

Living away from person with dementia

98

48.8

Ethnicity

White

186

92.5

Indian/Indian British

4

2

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

3

1.5

Other

1

0.5

Marital status

Single

17

8.5

Married/civil partnership

158

78.6

Divorced/legally dissolved civil partnership

22

10.9

Widowed/surviving partner

3

1.5

Highest level of education

   

Secondary school

8

4.0

College (further education)

58

28.9

Undergraduate university degree

76

37.8

Postgraduate university degree

51

25.4

Other

8

4.0

Annual family income

Less than £10,000

7

3.5

£10,001—£40,000

86

42.7

£40,001—£70,000

49

24.4

Greater than £70,000

11

5.5

I do not wish to say

47

23.4

Relationship to person with dementia

Child

110

54.7

Sibling

3

1.5

Friend

2

1.0

Neighbour

1

0.5

Spouse

72

35.8

Grandchild

3

1.5

Other

10

5.0

Age (Minimum – Maximum); Mean (SD)

33—92 Years; 61.67 (12.07)