Students growing up with a chronically ill family member; a survey on experienced consequences, background characteristics, and risk factors

Table 1 Characteristics of young adults growing up with a chronically ill family member (N = 232)

	Mean	SD
Age	21.2	2.2
	N	%
Age 16–20 yrs	93	41.4
Age 20–25 yrs	139	58.6
Gender
Female	207	87.3
Male	25	11.7
Level of education
Bachelor education	158	68.1
Vocational education of applied sciences	74	31.9
Study program
Nursing	158	66.7
Social work	27	11.4
Economy /Law	19	8.0
Communication/Communication and multimedia design	28	11.7

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