Table 1.

Summary statistics for the four datasets used in this study

	Dataset 1 (n = 6482)		Dataset 2 (n = 1244)		Dataset 3 (n = 175)		Dataset 4 (n = 111)		All four datasets (n = 8012)
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men and women
Number of observations	2310	4172	421	823	88	87	28	83	8012
Minimum number of hours of care	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.5	0
Mean number of hours of care	19.8	14.1	21.6	16.7	41.9	30.9	42	37.9	17.3
Maximum number of hours of care	126	126	126	126	111.8	126	108	126	126
Minimum age (year) of care receiver	54	55	2	1	6	8	65.1	66.4	1
Mean age (year) of care receiver	79.3	81.4	56.9	67.3	66	72.1	77.4	80.2	77.8
Maximum age (year) of care receiver	98	103	99	99	100	95	95.1	97.1	103
% with 0 h of care	1	0.86	0	0	1.14	1.15	0	0	0.76
% with 126 h of care	1.56	0.6	0.95	0.61	0	1.15	0	1.2	0.9
EQ-5D items
% Mobility 1 (no problems)	28	24	33	19	17	16	43	44	26
% Mobility 2 (some problems)	68	71	59	73	66	63	57	54	69
% Mobility 3 (a lot of problems)	4	5	8	8	17	21	0	2	5
% Anxiety 1 (no problems)	67	63	44	47	27	23	71	75	61
% Anxiety 2 (some problems)	29	32	42	43	58	56	29	19	33
% Anxiety 3 (a lot of problems)	4	5	14	10	15	21	0	6	6
% Self care 1 (no problems)	57	58	41	40	23	19	78	63	54
% Self care 2 (some problems)	31	29	42	45	38	41	18	27	32
% Self care 3 (a lot of problems)	12	13	17	15	39	40	4	10	14
% Daily activities 1 (no problems)	43	38	20	15	7	1	57	48	35
% Daily activities 2 (some problems)	39	45	54	60	35	37	36	40	45
% Daily activities 3 (a lot of problems)	18	17	26	25	58	62	7	12	20
% Pain 1 (no pain)	46	33	35	21	22	24	64	54	35
% Pain 2 (some pain)	45	53	48	56	61	62	36	39	51
% Pain 3 (a lot of pain)	9	14	17	23	17	14	0	7	14