Table 3 Participant characteristics
From: Volunteer-led behavioural activation to reduce depression in residential care: a feasibility study
| Outcome | Residents | Volunteers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD)/% | N | Mean (SD)/% | |
| Age | 18 | 84.61 (6.57) | 13 | 65.77 (10.57) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 15 | 83% | 10 | 77% |
| Male | 2 | 11% | 3 | 23% |
| Undisclosed | 1 | 6% | 0 | 0% |
| Education | ||||
| Up to primary school | 8 | 44% | 0 | 0% |
| Up to secondary school | 6 | 33.3% | 5 | 38% |
| Apprenticeship or diploma | 3 | 17% | 4 | 31% |
| University degree | 1 | 6% | 4 | 31% |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Australia | 11 | 61% | 7 | 54% |
| England | 2 | 11% | 2 | 15% |
| India | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 8% |
| Philippines | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 8% |
| South Africa | 1 | 5.6% | 1 | 8% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 5.6% | 0 | 0% |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Married/de facto relationship | 2 | 11% | 9 | 69% |
| Single | 16 | 89% | 4 | 31% |
| Paid employment | ||||
| Yes | NA | NA | 2 | 15% |
| No | 12 | 85% | ||
| Volunteer status | ||||
| Engaged in regular volunteering | NA | NA | 8 | 61.5% |
| No current volunteering outside the study | 5 | 38.5% | ||