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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PLS and comparison between PLS cared for by spouses and parents

From: A cross-sectional study on spouse and parent differences in caregiving experiences of people living with schizophrenia in rural China

Variables

Kinship types N (%)/ Median (IQR)

Z/χ2

P*

Total

Cared by Spouses (n = 113)

Cared by Parents(n = 151)

Functioning (GAF)

Median (IQR)

42 (5–90)

55 (11–85)

35 (5–85)

3.952

< 0.001

Age

Median (IQR)

44 (23–72)

53 (35–72)

38 (23–53)

10.422

< 0.001

Gender

Male

138 (52.27)

33 (29.20)

105 (69.54)

  

Female

126 (47.73)

80 (70.80)

46 (30.46)

42.143

< 0.001

Marriage

Married

115 (43.56)

113 (100)

115 (76.16)

  

Not married

149 (56.44)

0 (0)

36 (23.84)

152.481

< 0.001

Employment

Employed

41 (15.53)

14 (12.39)

27 (17.88)

  

Not employed

223 (84.47)

99 (87.61)

124 (82.12)

1.486

0.223

Education

Primary

116 (43.94)

65 (57.52)

51 (33.77)

  

Middle

99 (37.50)

31 (27.43)

68 (45.03)

  

High

49 (18.56)

17 (15.04)

32 (21.19)

14.950

< 0.001

  1. GAF Global Assessment of Function scale *numbers in bold represents significant values at P = 0.05/0.01