Table 3.

Thai Mental Health Indicator and caregiver status by sex, Thai Cohort Study 2009

Thai Mental Health Indicator N = 60,569	Column (%) by caregiver status
	Males			Females
	Non	Part-time	Full-time	Non	Part-time	Full-time
Mental state (reported ‘very much’)
Positive effect
Self-esteem	27.2	28.6	34.7	27.0	27.3	34.3
Content with life	13.3	13.5	18.3	10.6	10.5	12.8
Relaxed	7.7	6.8	8.8	6.7	6.2	7.5
Negative effect
Bored and discouraged with life	31.5	28.4	32.3	24.3	21.5	23.2
Disappointed in myself	46.2	40.7	42.9	49.9	45.9	49.6
Life is full of miseries	50.4	43.7	42.6	52.6	45.8	45.4
Mental capacity (reported ‘very much’)
Can face and accept problems	11.8	10.9	11.7	10.3	10.3	12.6
Can control emotions in crisis	12.8	12.4	15.0	8.1	8.5	11.0
Confident in facing crises	14.8	15.6	16.4	8.7	9.9	12.5
Mental quality (reported ‘very much’)
Sympathetic towards others	22.8	23.3	27.4	25.8	26.3	31.6
Help others when have a chance	24.7	25.7	28.6	28.4	30.6	37.3
Happy in helping out others	37.1	38.1	41.6	39.4	41.5	45.8
Social support (reported ‘very much’)
Feel secured when stay with my family	44.1	42.2	47.4	53.4	51.2	52.5
Trust family will take care of me when ill	46.7	44.9	47.7	51.7	48.0	49.1
Family members love and care for each other	47.8	45.5	52.1	50.6	46.5	50.3