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Table 2 Health of carers and non carers

From: Time to care? Health of informal older carers and time spent on health related activities: an Australian survey

 

Diabetes sub-sample

Lung sub-sample

NSA sub-sample

Percent with poor or fair self-assessed health (95% CI)

Carers in upper three quartiles of caring time

62.3% (47.1-77.5)

80.3% (71.9-88.6)

27.6% (20.0-35.1)

Carers in lowest quartile of caring time

67.5% (43.9-91.1)

82.87% (70.4-95.2)

18.3% (8.5-28.1)

Total Carers

63.2% (50.7-75.7)

80.5% (72.9-88.2)

24.8% (18.6-31.0)

Non-carers

35.0% (30.2-39.8)

70.5% (65.9-75.0)

15.9% (13.9-18.0)