Table 1 Sample characteristics by type of informal caregiving
Help around house (N = 1378) | Looking after someone (N = 1379) | Nursing care services (N = 1380) | Any other help (N = 1378) | Missings | |||||||||||||||||
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yes (n = 897) | no (n = 481) | p-value | yes (n = 1147) | no (n = 232) | p-value | yes (n = 385) | no (n = 995) | p-value | yes (n = 935) | no (n = 443) | p-value | ||||||||||
N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | t-test/chi2 | N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | t-test/chi2 | N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | t-test/chi2 | N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | t-test/chi2 | ||
Sex: female | 557 | 62.1% | 272 | 56.6% | .045 | 702 | 61.2% | 128 | 55.2% | .087 | 264 | 68.6% | 565 | 56.8% | <.001 | 565 | 30.4% | 263 | 59.4% | .707 | 0.0% |
Age in years | 62.5 | 10.5 | 65.1 | 9.9 | <.001 | 63.4 | 10.2 | 63.5 | 11.0 | .878 | 64.7 | 10.7 | 63.0 | 10.2 | .006 | 63.1 | 10.2 | 64.1 | 10.6 | .098 | 0.0% |
Marital status: | |||||||||||||||||||||
- married and living together with spouse | 678 | 75.6% | 346 | 72.2% | .225 | 856 | 77.8% | 168 | 72.4% | .421 | 304 | 78.9% | 721 | 72.6% | .045 | 713 | 76.4% | 311 | 70.2% | .180 | 0.1% |
- married and not living together with spouse | 19 | 2.1% | 11 | 2.3% | 27 | 2.4% | 3 | 1.3% | 11 | 2.9% | 19 | 1.9% | 19 | 2.0% | 11 | 2.5% | |||||
- divorced | 75 | 8.4% | 45 | 9.4% | 101 | 8.8% | 20 | 8.6% | 23 | 5.9% | 97 | 9.7% | 74 | 7.9% | 47 | 10.6% | |||||
- widowed | 59 | 6.6% | 47 | 9.8% | 81 | 7.1% | 24 | 10.3% | 26 | 6.8% | 80 | 8.1% | 66 | 7.1% | 39 | 8.8% | |||||
- single | 66 | 7.4% | 30 | 6.3% | 80 | 6.9% | 17 | 7.3% | 21 | 5.5% | 76 | 7.7% | 61 | 6.5% | 35 | 7.9% | |||||
Monthly net equivalent income in Euro | 1947.9 | 1406.1 | 2226.8 | 1517.7 | <.001 | 2068.5 | 1534.5 | 1934.8 | 929.9 | .214 | 1832.8 | 1364.9 | 2128.9 | 1475.0 | <.001 | 2017.8 | 1366.0 | 2101.8 | 1613.6 | .329 | 5.6% |
Number of physical illnesses | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | .002 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | .904 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .042 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .109 | 1.9% |
Occupational status: | |||||||||||||||||||||
- employed | 384 | 42.9% | 161 | 33.5% | <.001 | 455 | 39.6% | 91 | 39.4% | .245 | 125 | 32.5% | 420 | 42.3% | .044 | 378 | 40.5% | 167 | 37.7% | .306 | 0.3% |
- retired | 408 | 45.5% | 276 | 57.4% | 562 | 49% | 122 | 52.8% | 212 | 55.1% | 474 | 47.7% | 451 | 48.3% | 233 | 52.6% | |||||
- other | 104 | 11.6% | 44 | 9.2% | 130 | 11.3% | 18 | 7.8% | 48 | 12.5% | 100 | 10.15 | 105 | 11.2% | 43 | 9.7% | |||||
Body mass index | 26.97 | 4.59 | 26.49 | 4.28 | .061 | 26.8 | 4.6 | 26.7 | 4.2 | .623 | 27.3 | 4.6 | 26.6 | 4.4 | .022 | 26.8 | 4.6 | 26.7 | 4.3 | .620 | 1.7% |
Frequency of sports activities: | |||||||||||||||||||||
- everyday | 73 | 8.1% | 52 | 10.8% | .001 | 103 | 9.0% | 22 | 9.5% | .721 | 30 | 7.8% | 95 | 9.6% | <.001 | 86 | 9,2% | 39 | 8.8% | .791 | 0.0% |
- several times a week | 237 | 26.4% | 158 | 32.9% | 327 | 28.5% | 70 | 30.2% | 86 | 22.3% | 310 | 31.2% | 260 | 27.8% | 136 | 30.7% | |||||
- once a week | 175 | 19.5% | 92 | 19.1% | 216 | 18.8% | 51 | 22.0% | 75 | 19.5% | 192 | 19.3% | 180 | 19.3% | 88 | 19.9% | |||||
- 1 to 3 times a month | 77 | 8.6% | 38 | 7.9% | 97 | 8.5% | 18 | 7.8% | 25 | 6.5% | 90 | 9.1% | 83 | 8.9% | 31 | 7.0% | |||||
- less common | 101 | 11.3% | 61 | 12.7% | 140 | 12.2% | 22 | 9.5% | 38 | 10.0% | 124 | 12.5% | 111 | 11.9% | 51 | 11.5% | |||||
- never | 237 | 26.1% | 80 | 16.6% | 264 | 23.0% | 49 | 21.1% | 131 | 34.0% | 184 | 18.5% | 215 | 23.0% | 98 | 22.1% | |||||