Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (descriptive statistics).
From: A nursing care-sensitive patient satisfaction measure in older patients
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
65–74 | 132 (37.6%) |
75–84 | 135 (38.5%) |
85 and more | 84 (23.9%) |
Sex | |
Male | 163 (46.4%) |
Female | 188 (53.6%) |
Marital status | |
Single | 27 (7.7%) |
Married | 206 (58.7%) |
Divorced | 4 (1.1%) |
Widowed | 114 (32.5%) |
Educational level | |
Does not know how to read or write | 104 (29.6%) |
Knows how to read and write | 59 (16.8%) |
1st–4th grade | 165 (47.0%) |
More education | 23 (6.6%) |
