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% |