Table 3.

Independent t- test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showing the influence of participants’ socio-demographic variables on the caregiver burden scores

Variables	Class	Mean ± Standard Deviation	t/F	p
Gender of Survivors	Male	9.67 ± 2.01	0.99	0.33
	Female	9.11 ± 2.04
Survivors’ Age (years)	1–39	9.67 ± 1.86	0.83	0.44
	40–64	9.03 ± 2.13
	≥65	9.76 ± 1.89
Caregivers’ Age(years)	1–39	9.22 ± 2.01	−1.08	0.28
	40–64	10.17 ± 2.14
Gender of Caregivers	Male	8.83 ± 1.58	−1.25	0.22
	Female	9.55 ± 2.19
Number of Caregivers	1	8.47 ± 1.88	2.42	0.10
	2–4	9.56 ± 2.02
	5	11.00 ± 1.41
Caregivers’ Marital status	Single	9.71 ± 1.70	2.09	0.13
	Married	9.51 ± 1.89
	Widowed	8.00 ± 2.67
Caregivers’ Education status	Primary	11.50 ± 1.00	3.33	0.03*
	Secondary	9.57 ± 1.87
	Tertiary	9.25 ± 1.74
	Postgraduate	7.67 ± 3.08
Survivors’ Occupational Status	Retired	9.42 ± 2.84	0.13	0.94
	Self-employed	9.39 ± 1.89
	public/civil service	9.07 ± 1.67
	Student	10.00
Caregivers’ Occupational Status	Student	9.55 ± 1.70	0.98	0.41
	Self-employed	8.90 ± 3.21
	public/civil service	9.00 ± 1.63
	Applicant	12.00
Caregivers’ Relationship With Survivors	Spouse	10.17 ± 1.94	0.96	0.42
	Child	9.21 ± 2.17
	OFM	9.50 ± 1.74
	Friends	7.50 ± 0.71
Residence	Same	9.41 ± 1.82	0.64	0.53
	Different	9.06 ± 2.49

KEY: OFM other family members

*=Significant at p < 0.05