Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Fatigue in adults with post-infectious fatigue syndrome: a qualitative content analysis
Demographic variables | Â | |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | N | |
 Caucasian | 26 (100 %) | |
Age | Mean (range) | |
 Total sample (n = 26) | 40.9 (26–59) | |
 Female (n = 19) | 41.4 (26–59) | |
 Male (n = 7) | 39.6 (28–58) | |
Marital status | N | |
 Single | 12 (63.2 %) | |
 Married | 9 (10.5 %) | |
 Cohabiting | 2 (10.5 %) | |
 Divorced | 3 (15.8 %) | |
Household incomea | N | |
 Very low | 3 (11.5 %) | |
 Low | 8 (30.8 %) | |
 Average | 9 (34.6 %) | |
 High | 5 (19.3 %) | |
 Very high | 1 (3.8 %) | |
Education years | N | |
 Total sample (n = 26) | 9–17+ | |
 Lower secondary education | ≤9 years | 2 (7.7 %) |
 Upper secondary education | 10–13 years | 4 (15.4 %) |
 College/university Bachelor’s | 14–16 years | 6 (23.1 %) |
 College/university postgraduate | ≥17 years | 14 (53.8 %) |
Occupationsb and study status | N | |
 Professional | 11 (41 %) | |
 Students | 6 (23 %) | |
 Skilled trades | 3 (12 %) | |
 Management | 2 (8 %) | |
 Associate professional and technical | 1 (4 %) | |
 Sales and customer service | 1 (4 %) | |
 Elementary occupations | 1 (4 %) | |
  Missing | 1 (4 %) | |