Table 1.

Description of Study Variables (N = 1,611), Female Caregivers (n = 911), Male Caregivers (n = 700)

	All		Female	Male
	%/M	SD	%/M	%/M
Gender (1 = male) (CG) (%)	43
Age (CR)	77.5	(6.8)	77.8	77.1
Age (CG)	73.2	(9.2)	71.5	75.5	***
Burden (standardized coefficient) (CR)			0.12	−0.15	***
Burden (CG)	46.1	(24.5)	48.9	42.4	***
Need factors (latent variable) (CR)			0.0	−0.06
Physical incapacity (CR) (0–1)	0.39	(0.25)	0.40	0.39
Cognitive dysfunction (CR) (0–1) (%)	52		56	49	***
Mental health problems (CR) (1.0–5.8)	2.5	(0.89)	2.6	2.5
Co-morbidity (CR) (0–11)	3.5	(2.0)	3.6	3.4
Hours (standardized coefficient) (CG)			0.05	−0.06	*
Total hours of caregiving (week) (0.1–168)	29.2	(32.5)	30.8	27.2	*
Help from others (latent variable)			0.0	0.05
Help from other informal caregivers (CG) (%)	29		28	31
Home care (CR) (%)	41		39	44	*
Day care (CR) (%)	14		17	11	***
Secondary stressors (latent variable) (CG)			0.0	−0.29	***
Relational problems (%)	47		54	37	***
Financial problems (%)	14		15	12
Problems combining tasks (%)	0 50		59	40	***

Notes: CG = caregiver; CR = care recipient. Chi-square tests and t tests. In bold standardized values of the variables used in the SEM model in Mplus. Latent variable gender difference from the model “grouped by gender” (Figure 3).

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p <.001.