Bereaved parents’ perspectives on their child’s end-of-life care: connecting a self-report questionnaire and interview data from the nationwide Paediatric End-of-LIfe CAre Needs in Switzerland (PELICAN) study

Table 1 Sample characteristics of parents participating in the interviews

Characteristics	Total N = 30 (100%)	Cardiology n = 3 (10%)	Neonatology n = 14 (47%)	Neurology n = 6 (20%)	Oncology n = 7(23%)
Age^a,M (SD)	40 (7.51)	40 (7.21)	37 (6.27)	37 (3.27)	50 (5.50)
Education, n (%)
School levels^b	1 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (14)
Post-school education^c	13 (44)	1 (33)	7 (50)	2 (33)	3 (43)
Tertiary level^d	9 (30)	0 (0)	3 (21)	3 (50)	3 (43)
University degree	7 (23)	2 (67)	4 (29)	1 (17)	0 (0)
Family income^e, n (%)	N = 24	n = 2	n = 13	n = 4	n = 5
≤ CHF 100,000.-	12 (50)	0 (0)	8 (62)	1 (25)	3 (60)
> CHF 101,000.-	12 (50)	2 (100)	5 (38)	3 (75)	2 (40)

^aAge at the time of the survey
^bConsists of primary and secondary level
^cConsists of college and vocational education
^dConsists of degrees from schools of higher education
^eAnnual gross pay, the Swiss average for families with children was CHF 143,000.- in the year 2015[16]

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