Table 1 Characteristics of the participants and family information.
n | % | |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
<40 | 32 | 12.7 |
40–60 | 160 | 63.5 |
>60 | 60 | 23.8 |
Nationality | ||
Italian | 234 | 97 |
Other | 7 | 3 |
Marital status | ||
Widow | 9 | 3.7 |
Married | 147 | 61 |
Divorced | 29 | 12.1 |
Single | 56 | 23.2 |
Religion | ||
Religious | 220 | 94.8 |
Atheistic | 12 | 5.2 |
Profession | ||
Employee | 115 | 49.1 |
Unemployed | 19 | 8.1 |
Retired | 32 | 13.7 |
Student | 3 | 1.3 |
Freelancer | 26 | 11.1 |
Housewife | 39 | 16.7 |
Blood relativesa | ||
Mother/father | 126 | 54.3 |
Sister/brother | 172 | 74.1 |
Cousins | 122 | 52.6 |
Nephew/niece | 113 | 48.7 |
Aunt/uncle | 102 | 43.9 |
Other | 68 | 29.3 |
Living with (blood and non-blood relatives) | ||
Husband/partner | 185 | 76.1 |
Daughter/son | 146 | 60.0 |
Sister/brother | 13 | 5.4 |
Mother/father | 22 | 9.1 |
No one | 15 | 6.2 |
Parent civil status | ||
Married | 153 | 88.4 |
Living together | 5 | 2.9 |
Divorced | 12 | 6.9 |
Divorced, new marriage | 3 | 1.8 |
Family relations | ||
Happy/joyful | 135 | 53.6 |
Ordinary, with some misunderstanding | 99 | 39.3 |
Aggressive | 5 | 2 |
Oppressive | 13 | 5.2 |
Superficial | 6 | 2.4 |
Absent | 6 | 2.4 |
Family communication | ||
Open/profound | 140 | 55.6 |
Spontaneous/sincere, sometimes difficult | 92 | 36.5 |
Problematic/difficult | 18 | 7.1 |
Occlusive | 1 | 0.5 |
Superficial | 4 | 1.6 |
Absent | 4 | 1.6 |
Relation values | ||
Essential/indispensable | 236 | 95.6 |
Advantageous/convenient | 6 | 2.4 |
Ordinary/trivial | 5 | 2 |
