Table 2 financial strains and social characteristics of family caregiver of cancer patients
Item | Category | Count (%) |
|---|---|---|
Experience bad times | Almost never | 27 (18.9) |
Once in a while | 38 (26.6) | |
Sometimes | 35 (25.5) | |
Often | 36 (25.2) | |
Almost always | 7 (4.9) | |
Lack of basic things | Almost never | 32 (22.4) |
Once in a while | 31 (21.7) | |
Sometimes | 41 (28.7) | |
A lot of the time | 30 (21.0) | |
Almost always | 9 (6.3) | |
Difficulty with paying bills | Considerable difficulty | 15 (10.5) |
Quite a bit of difficulty | 27 (18.9) | |
Some difficulty | 30 (21.0) | |
A little difficulty | 31 (21.7) | |
No difficulty at all | 40 (28.0) | |
End up with at the end of month | Considerable difficulty | 21 (14.7) |
Quite a bit of difficulty | 27 (18.9) | |
Some difficulty | 29 (20.3) | |
A little difficulty | 41 (28.7) | |
No difficulty at all | 25 (17.5) |