A comparative study to identify factors of caregiver burden between baby boomers and post baby boomers: a secondary analysis of a US online caregiver survey

Table 3 Results of multiple regression analyses

			Baby boomer group			Post baby boomer group			Comparison of regression coefficients
Blocks	Variables		B	SE	beta	B	SE	beta	SE_b-diff	Z
Block 1. Sociodemographic factors	Gender	Female	−0.08	0.09	−0.04	−0.03	0.08	−0.01	0.12	−0.42
	Race-ethnicity	NH African-Americans	−0.02	0.18	0.00	0.07	0.12	0.02	0.22	−0.42
		Hispanics	−0.31*	0.15	−0.09	− 0.13	0.10	− 0.05	0.18	−1.00
		NH Asian and others	0.12	0.19	0.03	−0.06	0.16	−0.02	0.25	0.72
	Marital status	Not married or partnered	0.03	0.11	0.01	−0.14	0.09	−0.07	0.14	1.20
	Relationship to the care recipient	Spouse	0.31	0.23	0.09	0.47*	0.22	0.11	0.32	−0.50
		Child	0.28	0.15	0.14	0.40**	0.13	0.19	0.20	−0.60
		Parent	0.41	0.21	0.11	0.11	0.38	0.01	0.43	0.69
		Other relative	0.09	0.17	0.04	0.32*	0.15	0.12	0.23	−1.01
	Co-residence	Live separately	0.10	0.12	0.05	0.11	0.10	0.05	0.16	−0.06
	Household poverty	Less than $50,000 yearly	0.05	0.10	0.02	0.08	0.09	0.04	0.13	−0.22
Block 2. Caregiving-related factors	Caregiving hours spent weekly		0.17***	0.03	0.26	0.10***	0.03	0.16	0.04	1.65
	Current caregiving		−0.02	0.09	−0.01	− 0.08	0.08	− 0.04	0.12	0.50
	Primary caregiving		−0.11	0.10	−0.05	0.08	0.09	0.04	0.13	−1.41
	Caregiving lack of choice		0.59***	0.09	0.29	0.65***	0.09	0.31	0.13	−0.47
	Employed during caregiving		0.11	0.09	0.05	−0.19*	0.09	−0.08	0.13	2.36*
	Dually responsible for adult and child care		0.24	0.18	0.06	0.27**	0.10	0.11	0.21	−0.15
Adjusted R²	ΔR² for Block 1		0.05***			0.06***			−0.27
	ΔR² for Block 2		0.13***			0.15***			−0.53
	Total		0.18***			0.21***			1.16

SE Standard Error, B unstandardized regression coefficient, SE_b-diff difference in standard error of unstandardized regression coefficient, Z Steiger’s Z, NH Non-Hispanic, ΔR² change of R-squared
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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