Table 2. Transportation caregiver employment and volunteer work by sex, age of care recipient, and overall (standard error of the percent/mean).
Sex of Caregiver | Age of Care Recipient | Overall | |||
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Men | Women | 70–84 | 85 and older | ||
% Work outside home for pay | N = 90 | N = 178 | N = 140 | N = 126 | N = 268 |
34.6 (6.42) | 52.3 (4.63) | 53.4 (5.40) | 40.6 (6.24) | 47.0 (3.86) | |
If they work outside home: | N = 36 | N = 86 | N = 71 | N = 50 | N = 122 |
Full-time | 80.3 (9.30) | 65.4 (6.56) | 71.4 (7.59) | 68.0 (9.65) | 68.7 (5.55 |
Part-time | 12.3 (9.30) | 29.1 (6.27) | 24.6 (7.50) | 24.3 (8.91) | 25.4 (5.26) |
Occasional | 7.4 (1.04) | 5.5 (2.87) | 3.9 (1.73) | 7.7 (5.66) | 5.9 (2.65) |
% Volunteer in community | N = 90 | N = 178 | N = 140 | N = 126 | N = 268 |
39.4 (6.24) | 61.7 (4.52) | 60.6 (5.44) | 50.0 (5.72) | 55.0 (3.91) | |
Average hours of volunteer work per week | N = 39 | N = 96 | N = 74 | N = 61 | N = 135 |
5.0 (0.98) | 6.1 (0.88) | 5.8 (0.84) | 6.0 (1.22) | 5.9 (0.73) |