. 2020 Jan 23;10:2859. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02859

TABLE 2.

Demographical characteristics stratified by care responsibilities, with total number of young adult carers (n = 2220).

	No (n = 37,977, 94.5%)	Yes, someone I live with (n = 536, 1.3%)	Yes, someone I do not live with (n = 1,692, 4.2%)	t-value/Pearson Chi-Square (degrees of freedom)	p-values
Hours of daily care
Weekdays, mean (SD)	n/a	3.34 (2.42)	2.61 (2.02)	t = 6.77 (2140)	<0.001
Weekend, mean (SD)	n/a	4.64 (3.35)	4.68 (3.30)	t = −0.22 (2083)	0.830
Sex				χ² = 152.37 (2)	<0.001
Women	93,6% (n = 26,324)	1,4% (n = 399)	5,0% (n = 1405)
Men	96,5% (n = 11,521)	1,1% (n = 136)	2,3% (n = 280)
Age				χ² = 20.26 (4)	<0.001
18–20 years	94,8% (n = 8,370)	1,4% (n = 125)	3,8% (n = 377)
21–22 years	94,8% (n = 14,663)	1,4% (n = 209)	3,9% (n = 599)
23–25 years	94,0% (n = 14,944)	1,3% (n = 202)	4,8% (n = 756)
Marital status				χ² = 23.01 (2)	<0.001
Single	93,9% (n = 17,797)	1,4% (n = 270)	4,7% (n = 887)
Married/partner/girl- or boyfriend	95,0% (n = 20,154)	1,2% (n = 265)	3,8% (n = 803)
Accommodation status				χ² = 427.32 (6)	<0.001
Alone	94,7% (n = 6,472)	–	4,8% (n = 331)
With partner	93,8% (n = 8,554)	1,5% (n = 133)	4,7% (n = 433)
With friends/others in a collective	95,1% (n = 19,434)	0,9% (n = 191)	4,0% (n = 808)
With parents	91,4% (n = 3,460)	5.5% (n = 207)	3,1% (n = 118)
Divorced parents				χ² = 191.02 (2)	<0.001
Yes	92,3% (n = 11,950)	1,5% (n = 195)	6,2% (n = 801)
No	95,5% (n = 25,935)	1,2% (n = 339)	3,3% (n = 888)
Financial difficulties				χ² = 364.26 (6)	<0.001
Often	88,3% (n = 2,448)	2,5% (n = 68)	9,3% (n = 257)
Sometimes	92,8% (n = 7,709)	1,9% (n = 156)	5,3% (n = 439)
Seldom	94,1% (n = 8,661)	1,3% (n = 118)	4,6% (n = 428)
Never	96,2% (n = 19,073)	1,0% (n = 193)	2,9% (n = 568)
Immigrants status				χ² = 38.12 (2)	<0.001
Immigrant	92,9% (n = 2850)	2,5% (n = 78)	4,5% (n = 139)
Ethnic Norwegian	94,6% (n = 35127)	1,2% (n = 458)	4,2% (n = 1553)