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Table 1 Characteristics of the survey participants

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-efficacy scores and intensity of depressiveness in people aged over 60 years providing kinship foster care

Variable

Surveyed

N

40

Age (Mean ± SD) [in years]

68.78 ± 6.86

Age range (min – max) [in years]

61–97

Gender (F – female, M – male)

F − 35, M − 5

Good health

24

Mean duration of foster care (Mean ± SD) [in years]

8.25 ± 4.92

Mean number of children in foster care (Mean ± SD)

1.425 ± 0.75

Education (1 - primary, 2 - vocational, 3 - technical, 4 - general, 5 - higher)

1–8, 2–14, 3–5, 4–9, 5 − 4