Table 3.

Defining Characteristics of Caretaking Burden

Construct and variable	β	sr 2	r 2
		Responsibility to care for mother
Characteristics of the child		.048***	.040***
Age	–0.11	.011**	.007
Gender (male)	–0.15	.021***	.020***
Only child	0.12	.014**	.013**
Characteristics of the mother		.056***	.061**
Years of education	–0.15	.020***	.031***
Depressive symptoms	–0.15	.013**	.000
Eccentric personality	0.15	.011**	.010
Dramatic personality	–0.11	.009*	.004
Anxious personality	0.14	.012**	.004
Characteristics of the family		.025***	.026***
Single-parent family	0.16	.025***	.026***
		Responsibility for household chores
Characteristics of the child		.036***	.042***
Age	0.11	.011**	.016**
Gender (male)	0.11	.013**	.011**
Oldest child	0.11	.011**	.016**
Characteristics of the mother		.034***	.049***
African American	0.16	.024***	.040***
Social support: friends	–0.10	.010**	.008*
Characteristics of the family		.023***	.041***
Single-parent family	0.15	.023***	.041***
		Responsibility to care for siblings
Characteristics of the child		.077***	.080***
Age	–0.10	.010**	.003
Oldest child	0.28	.073**	.072***
Characteristics of the mother		.043***	.046***
Years of education	–0.11	.011**	.014**
Employed outside home	0.16	.027***	.013**
Anxiety symptoms	0.10	.009*	.011**

Note. β = the standardized regression coefficient; sr² = the squared semipartial correlation coefficient from the final multiple regression analysis; r² = the square of the zero-order correlation coefficient for each variable and the multiple r² for each block of variables.

^*p < .10.

^**p < .05.

^***p < .01.