Table 3.

Univariate analysis of core competencies of older adult caregivers under general demographic data.

Variables	Group	Core competencies (Mean ± SD)	t/F	P
Gender	Male	40.97 ± 8.96	−0.298	0.765
	Female	41.27 ± 8.88
Age	Under 50 years old	40.35 ± 7.57	7.411	0.001
	Aged 50 to 60 years	40.43 ± 8.66
	Above 60 years old	44.14 ± 9.78
Household registration	Rural area	41.38 ± 9.04	1.673	0.100
	Urban area	39.51 ± 6.80
Marital status	In marriage	41.21 ± 8.93	−0.049	0.961
	Non-in marriage	41.33 ± 7.02
Educational level	Elementary school and below	40.65 ± 9.16	1.896	0.151
	Middle school (junior high, senior high, and vocational school)	42.08 ± 8.51
	College degree, bachelor’s degree, and higher	37.50 ± 3.70
Annual income	Less than 30,000	47.95 ± 7.54	7.237	0.001
	30,000 to 50,000	41.44 ± 9.06
	50,000 and above	40.03 ± 8.30
Training qualification certificate	Yes	44.23 ± 8.56	11.251	<0.001
	No	36.25 ± 7.00
Receiving training	Yes	41.56 ± 8.96	3.775	<0.001
	No	37.08 ± 6.84
Number of days of training	Less than 7 days	40.08 ± 7.93	3.378	0.035
	8 to 15 days	42.73 ± 8.28
	More than 16 days	41.41 ± 9.98
Years of employment	Less than 36 months.	42.05 ± 9.61	3.790	0.052
	More than 36 months	40.49 ± 8.13