Table 1
Assistant users’ age, family situation, children, period living with disabilities, hours of personal assistance per week at the first interview, and 10-years-follow-up-interviews.
| Woman | Woman | Woman | Woman | Woman | Woman | Man | Man | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 30 | 30 | 50 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 35 | 40 |
| Family situation | Partner cohabiting | Partner cohabiting | Partner cohabiting | Partner cohabiting | single | Partner | single | single |
| Children, age and residence | 2 sons, 7 and 1 years | 1 son and 1 daughter, 7 and 5 years | 1 daughter, 18 years | 2 sons, 17 and 13 years | 1 son and 1 daughter, 16 and 15 years Live with mother most of the time | 3 sons and 2 daughters, 18–40 years | 1 daughter 11 years Lives with mother | 2 daughters, 14 and 12 years Live with father every other week |
| Disability experiences | Whole life | Whole life | Whole life | 9 years | 3 years | 10 years | 10 years | 12 years |
| Hours of assistance/week | 133 | 168 | 63 | 77 | 50 | 112 | 133 | 192 |
| Interviewed after ten years | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |