Table 4.
Distributions of people aged 60 years and older by main caregivers for specific activities of daily living (ADLs)
| Son/daughter | Grandchild | Spouse | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of ADL | Sample size | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI |
| Basic ADLs | |||||||
| Bathing | 218 | 80.7 | 75.5 - 86.0 | 59.6 | 53.0 - 66.2 | 11.9 | 7.6 - 16.3 |
| Dressing | 129 | 80.6 | 73.7 - 87.5 | 56.6 | 47.9 - 65.3 | 12.4 | 6.6 - 18.2 |
| Toilet use | 101 | 87.1 | 80.5 - 93.8 | 64.4 | 54.9 - 73.9 | 11.9 | 5.5 - 18.3 |
| Transferring | 130 | 74.6 | 67.0 - 82.2 | 54.6 | 45.9 - 63.3 | 9.2 | 4.2 - 14.3 |
| Urine/bowel continence | 134 | 87.3 | 81.6 - 93.0 | 60.5 | 52.1 - 68.8 | 9.7 | 4.6 - 14.8 |
| Eating | 108 | 80.6 | 73.0 - 88.1 | 49.1 | 39.5 - 58.7 | 11.1 | 5.1 - 17.1 |
| Instrumental ADLs | |||||||
| Cleaning house | 67 | 74.6 | 63.9 - 85.3 | 71.6 | 60.6 - 82.7 | 4.5 | -0.6 - 9.6 |
| Cooking | 75 | 74.7 | 64.6 - 84.7 | 80.0 | 70.7 - 89.3 | 6.7 | 0.9 - 12.5 |
| Shopping | 42 | 57.1 | 41.5 - 72.8 | 54.8 | 39.1 - 70.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Travelling | 268 | 96.3 | 94.0 - 98.6 | 71.6 | 66.2 - 77.1 | 0.8 | -0.3 - 1.8 |
| Intellectual ADLs | |||||||
| Writing | 391 | 32.1 | 27.4 - 36.7 | 25.6 | 21.2 - 29.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 - 2.8 |
| Reading | 528 | 36.7 | 32.6 - 40.9 | 37.5 | 33.4 - 41.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 - 1.8 |
| Listening to the radio | 347 | 84.7 | 80.9 - 88.5 | 86.5 | 82.8 - 90.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 - 5.4 |
| Watching TV | 438 | 79.7 | 75.9 - 83.5 | 82.2 | 78.6 - 85.8 | 4.4 | 2.4 - 6.3 |