Table 3.

Logistic regression models predicting caregiving physical strain, emotional strain, and positive appraisal

	Physical strain			Emotional strain			Positive appraisal
	Wald χ2(df=1), p	OR	95% CI	Wald χ2(df=1), p	OR	95% CI	Wald χ2(df=1), p	OR	95% CI
Age	.05, .82	1.00	.96-1.03	.72, .40	.99	.95-1.02	.55, .46	1.01	.98-1.05
Male gender	.00, .95	1.05	.20-5.53	1.14, .29	2.37	.49-11.52	1.44, .23	3.96	.42-37.48
White race	2.34, .13	0.61	.33-1.15	8.76, .003	.38	.20-.72	.30, .58	1.22	.60-2.45
Some college or higher education	.01, .92	1.03	.57-1.85	.79, .37	1.30	.72-2.34	.42, .52	1.25	.63-2.49
Married/living with partner	.06, .80	1.10	.53-2.25	.03, .86	.94	.46-1.89	1.13, .29	1.52	.70-3.31
Household income ≥ $60,000	3.91, .048	1.70	1.01-2.86	2.98, .08	1.57	.94-2.61	.59, .44	.79	.44-1.43
Combat veteran	1.06, .30	.77	.46-1.27	4.19, .041	.59	.36-.98	.01, .91	.97	.55-1.71
Hours caregiving	17.64, <.001	1.03	1.01-1.04	13.65, <.001	1.03	1.01-1.04	6.16, .013	1.02	1.01-1.03
Grandchild as recipient	4.95, .026	2.32	1.11-4.89	2.10, .15	1.78	.82-3.88	9.60, .002	5.25	1.84-14.97
Physical health factor	5.44, .020	1.41	1.06-1.88	2.05, .15	1.23	.93-1.64	2.01, .16	1.27	.91-1.77
Mental health factor	2.32, .13	.80	.61-1.07	12.51, <.001	1.68	1.26-2.25	.00, .96	.99	.69-1.42
Cognitive functioning	.92, .34	.99	.96-1.01	.01, .91	1.00	.97-1.02	7.91, .005	1.04	1.01-1.08
Protective psychological factor	9.48, .002	.60	.43-.83	3.24, .07	.74	.54-1.03	23.59, <.001	2.62	1.78-3.87
Social support factor	.42, .52	1.09	.84-1.43	.24, .62	.94	.72-1.22	12.89, <.001	1.76	1.29-2.39

Note. OR=odds ratio; 95%CI=95% confidence interval.

Statistically significant ORs are highlighted in bold font.