Table 2 Sample characteristics by the time spent on informal caregiving per week (median split)
Time spent on informal caregiving per week (N = 1336) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤5 h (n = 732) | > 5 h (n = 604) | p-value | Missings | |||
N/Mean | %/SD | N/Mean | %/SD | t-test/chi2 | ||
Sex: female | 422 | 57.7% | 382 | 63.3% | .038 | 0.0% |
Age in years | 62.1 | 10.2 | 64.5 | 10.3 | <.001 | 0.0% |
Marital status: | ||||||
- married and living together with spouse | 519 | 71.0% | 473 | 78.4% | .001 | 0.1% |
- married and not living together with spouse | 11 | 1.5% | 18 | 2.9% | ||
- divorced | 81 | 11.1% | 37 | 6.1% | ||
- widowed | 66 | 9.0% | 37 | 6.1% | ||
- single | 54 | 7.4% | 38 | 6.3% | ||
Monthly net equivalent income in Euro | 2179.1 | 1494.6 | 1899.8 | 1420.6 | <.001 | 5.6% |
Number of physical illnesses | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.9 | <.001 | 1.9% |
Occupational status: | ||||||
- employed | 349 | 47.7% | 193 | 31.9% | <.001 | 0.3% |
- retired | 321 | 43.9% | 329 | 54.5% | ||
- other | 61 | 8.3% | 82 | 13.6% | ||
Body mass index | 26.5 | 4.2 | 27.3 | 4.7 | .001 | 1.7% |
Sport: - daily | 73 | 10.0% | 48 | 7.9% | <.001 | 0.0% |
- more than once a week | 257 | 35.1% | 128 | 21.2% | ||
- once a week | 140 | 19.1% | 123 | 20.4% | ||
- 1-3 times a month | 65 | 8.9% | 49 | 8.1% | ||
- less than 1-3 times a month | 83 | 11.3% | 72 | 11.9% | ||
- never | 114 | 15.6% | 184 | 30.5% | ||