The measurement scale of resilience among family caregivers of children with cancer: a psychometric evaluation

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Table 1 Summary statistics of sociodemographic variables

Sociodemographic variable		n	%	M (95% CI)	Mdn
Sex	Women	272	82.4
Sex	Men	58	17.6
Schooling	No schooling	11	3.3
	Primary	61	18.5
	Secondary	154	46.7
	Higher secondary (high school)	82	24.8
	University or college	22	6.7
Occupation	Housewife	221	67.0
	White-collar worker	41	12.4
	Merchant	30	9.1
	Unemployed	23	7.0
	Blue-collar worker	11	3.3
	Student	4	1.2
Marital status	Married	138	41.8
	Living together	115	34.8
	Separated	31	9.4
	Single mothers	26	7.9
	Divorced	10	3.0
	Widowed	5	1.5
	Other	5	1.5
Income per month	< 141 US dollars	201	61
	Between 141 and 281 US dollars	71	21.5
	Between 282 and 563 US dollars	49	14.8
	≥ 564 US dollars	9	1.2
Religious adscription	Catholic Christian	270	81.8
	Non-Catholic Christian	36	10.9
	No religion	24	7.3
Age (years)				32.602 (31.672, 33.534)	32
Number of children				2.394 (2.258, 2.530)	2

N = simple absolute frequency, % = simple percentage, M = arithmetic mean (95% confidence interval), Mdn = Median

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