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Table 2 Characteristics and descriptive statistics of the final sample

From: Development and preliminary validation of a questionnaire to measure satisfaction with home care in Greece: an exploratory factor analysis of polychoric correlations

Variable

No. of Responses

%

Variable

No. of Responses

%

Level of Education

  

Informal Caregivers

  

None

49

24.4

Relatives

25

12.4

Elementary School

117

58.2

Children

115

57.2

High School - Lyceum

26

13.0

Neighbours

29

14.4

Higher Education

2

1.0

Friends

16

8.0

University

7

3.5

Others

16

8.0

Age

  

Monthly Net Income (€)

  

65-69

39

19.4

< 300

31

15.4

70-74

52

25.9

301 - 500

94

46.8

75-79

54

26.9

501-700

56

27.9

80-85

39

19.4

701-900

13

6.5

86-90

17

8.5

> 900

7

3.5

Gender

  

Family Status

  

Male

75

37.3

Single

20

10.0

Female

126

62.7

Widowed

109

54.2

Visit Frequency

  

Divorced

21

10.4

1 per month

9

4.5

Married

51

25.4

1 per fifteen days

24

11.9

Enrolment Duration

  

1 per week

90

44.8

≤ 1 year

47

23.4

2-3 per week

66

32.8

(1 year - 2 years]

80

39.8

4-5 per week

11

5.5

(2 years - 3 years]

45

22.4

Other

1

0.5

> 3 years

29

14.4