Table 3. Transportation caregiver health and driving 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 | ||
Overall health | N = 90 | N = 178 | N = 140 | N = 126 | N = 268 |
% Excellent | 19.1 (5.40) | 17.3 (3.59) | 16.4 (3.78) | 19.4 (4.39) | 17.8 (2.96) |
% Very good | 26.4 (6.03) | 41.3 (4.71) | 42.7 (5.49) | 31.0 (5.33) | 36.8 (3.83) |
% Good | 30.2 (6.51) | 26.0 (4.09) | 26.0 (4.70) | 28.7 (5.07) | 27.2 (3.42) |
% Fair | 11.4 (4.60) | 14.4 (3.25) | 10.2 (2.83) | 17.1 (4.36) | 13.7 (2.63) |
% Poor | 12.5 (5.42) | 1.0 (0.45) | 4.7 (2.68) | 3.8 (2.34) | 4.4 (1.77) |
Driving status | N = 90 | N = 178 | N = 140 | N = 126 | N = 268 |
Regularly | 98.1 (1.17) | 93.7 (1.97) | 97.1 (1.06) | 93.3 (2.60) | 95.0 (1.43) |
Occasionally/rarely | 1.0 (0.73 | 5.7 (1.92) | 2.9 (1.06) | 5.7 (2.51) | 4.3 (1.45) |
Do not drive | 0.9 (0.91 | 0.7 (0.47 | 0.0 (0.00) | 1.1 (0.77) | 0.7 (0.43) |
Frequency of driving | N = 89 | N = 175 | N = 139 | N = 124 | N = 264 |
Every day/almost every day | 88.4 (4.63) | 84.0 (3.15) | 88.4 (3.25) | 82.3 (3.98) | 85.3 (4.05) |
3 or 4 days a week | 10.6 (4.57) | 12.1 (2.96) | 9.0 (3.10) | 14.3 (3.86) | 11.7 (3.86) |
1 or 2 days a week | 1.0 (0.74 | 3.9 (1.31) | 2.6 (1.03) | 3.4 (1.14) | 3.0 (1.60) |
Is there a chance your driving ability could become a problem within the next 5 years? | N = 89 | N = 176 | N = 140 | N = 124 | N = 265 |
Yes | 19.0 (5.17) | 12.3 (2.97) | 17.9 (4.14) | 10.8 (3.31) | 14.3 (2.62) |
No | 78.0 (5.25) | 86.3 (3.08) | 79.7 (4.23) | 87.8 (3.35) | 83.8 (2.68) |
Don’t know | 3.0 (1.03) | 1.4 (1.01) | 2.4 (1.44) | 1.4 (0.63) | 1.9 (0.78) |