Table 1.
Informal carer characteristics by matched care recipients
| LiLACS NZ: Māori | LiLACS NZ: Non‐Māori | LiLACS NZ: All | P‐value for sex | P‐value for ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||
| Age (years) of care recipients, mean (SD) | 85.5 (2.7) | 85.2 (2.6) | 87.6 (0.5) | 87.7 (0.5) | 86.8 (2.0) | 1.0 | <0.001 |
| Characteristics of carers; n = 261 | |||||||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 63.5 (12.0) | 66.0 (12.8) | 66.5 (12.3) | 68.8 (13.3) | 66.3 (13.1) | 0.1 | 0.08 |
| Ethnic group, n (%) | |||||||
| Māori, n (%) | 40 (73) | 23 (66) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 66 (26) | 0.4 | <0.001 |
| Non‐Māori, n (%) | 15 (27) | 12 (34) | 83 (98) | 78 (99) | 188 (74) | ||
| Sex: female, n (%) | 36 (67) | 33 (89) | 56 (63) | 65 (81) | 190 (73) | <0.001 | 0.4 |
Abbreviations: LiLACS NZ, Life and Living in Advanced Age, a Cohort Study in New Zealand; SD, standard deviation.