Table 3.

Association between gender-related and background characteristics of caregivers and perceived care burden

			Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
			B	95% CI	B	95% CI	B	95% CI	B	95% CI
Constant			1.617***	1.560—1.674	1.224***	1.146—1.303	.762***	.623—.901	.614***	. 427—.802
Sex of the caregiver (ref. = male)			.086*	.019 – .154	.099**	.025—.173	.074	-.006 -. 153	.256**	.082—.429
Age of the caregiver (centered)					.006***	.004—.009	-.005	-.010—.000	-.005	-.010—.000
Age of the person with dementia (centered)					.002	-.002—.006	.010***	.005—.015	.010***	.005—.015
European migration background (ref. = native Dutch background)					.057	-.110—.225	-.006	-.155—.142	-.007	-.155—.141
Non-European migration background (ref. = native Dutch background)					.098	-.051—.246	.064	-.068—.196	.069	-.063—.201
Difficult to cope with changing behaviour (ref. = not or somewhat)					.632***	. 563—.700	.454***	.392—.516	.457***	.395—.518
Years since symptoms					.041***	. 031—.052	.029***	.020—.038	.029***	.020—.039
Caregiving intensity (hours per week)							.003***	.002—.003	.003***	.002—.003
Caring for a partner (ref. = other relative)							.049	-.081—.179	.017	-.116—.150
Employed part-time (ref. = unemployed or retired)							-.006	-.086—.075	-.005	-.085—.076
Employed fulltime (ref. = unemployed or retired)							-.017	-.121—.086	-.011	-.114—.093
Primary caregiver (ref. = not primary caregiver)							.367***	.286—.448	.365***	.284—.446
Difficult to combine daily activities with caregiving (ref. = not or somewhat)							.892***	.812—.971	.887***	.808—.967
Sex of the person with dementia (ref. = male)							.043	-.028—.113	.231**	.057—.406
Sex of the caregiver * sex of the person with dementia									-.239*	-.442—-.037
Variance Inflation Factor (VIF)					1.05		1.91		3.55
R2 (adjusted R2)			.002 (.002)		.151 (.148)		.347 (.343)		.348 (.344)

N (Model 1) = 3067; N (Model 2) = 2562; N (Model 3 & 4) = 2547

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001