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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics SwiSCI Data

From: Place of residence & financial hardship: the situation of people with spinal cord injury

Variable

N

(%)

male

1107

71.5%

age in years

52.3 (mean)

 

have a partner

1004

67.5%

have children

300

19.5%

nationality: Swiss

1363

91.3%

Language

 German

1088

70.2%

 French

391

25.2%

 Italian

70

4.5%

Educational attainment

 compulsory education

143

9.4%

 vocational training

377

24.9%

 secondary education

721

47.5%

 university

276

18.2%

Occupational situation

 in work

684

43.3%

 education

63

4.0%

 unemployed

41

2.6%

 retired

380

24.0%

Income level

  < 1500 CHF

47

3.2%

 1500–3000 CHF

156

10.7%

 3000–4500 CHF

289

19.9%

 4500–6000 CHF

356

24.5%

 6000–7500 CHF

230

15.8%

 7500–9000 CHF

189

13.0%

  > 9000 CHF

187

12.9%

 no financial hardship

1031

69.7%

 financial hardship

448

30.3%

Health quality

 very dissatisfied

100

6.6%

 dissatisfied

270

18.0%

 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

378

25.1%

 satisfied

634

42.2%

 very satisfied

122

8.1%

Injury characteristics

 traumatic SCI

1202

78.4%

 person with paraplegia

1063

69.2%

 Observations

1549

100%