Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers and comparison between spouses and parents
| Variables | Kinship types N (%)/ Median (IQR) | Z/χ2 | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Spouse (n = 113) | Parents (n = 151) | ||||
| Age | Median (IQR) | 62 (41–80) | 57 (41–74) | 64 (45–80) | −6.013 | < 0.001 |
| Gender | Male | 123 (46.59) | 77 (68.14) | 46 (30.46) | ||
| Female | 141 (53.41) | 36 (31.86) | 105 (69.54) | 43.069 | < 0.001 | |
| Marriage | Married | 214 (81.06) | 113 (100.00) | 101 (66.89) | ||
| Not married | 50 (18.94) | 0 (0) | 50 (33.11) | 46.160 | < 0.001 | |
| Occupation | Employed | 136 (51.52) | 69 (61.06) | 67 (44.37) | ||
| Not employed | 128 (48.48) | 44 (38.94) | 84 (55.63) | 7.209 | 0.007 | |
| Education | Primary | 179 (67.80) | 65 (57.52) | 114 (75.50) | ||
| Middle | 59 (22.35) | 35 (30.97) | 24 (15.89) | |||
| High | 26 (9.85) | 13 (11.50) | 13 (8.61) | 10.206 | 0.006 | |
| Family income (Yuan/ person.year) | Median (IQR) | 3750 (2000–7450) | 5000 (1920–8000) | 3333 (2000–6667) | 1.329 | 0.184 |
| Co-caregivers | No | 153 (57.95) | 81 (71.68) | 72 (47.68) | ||
| Yes | 111 (42.05) | 32 (28.32) | 79 (52.32) | 15.277 | < 0.001 | |
| Additional dependents | No | 129 (48.86) | 60 (53.10) | 69 (45.70) | ||
| Yes | 135 (51.14) | 53 (46.90) | 82 (54.30) | 1.417 | 0.234 | |
| Physical illness | No | 70 (26.52) | 37 (32.74) | 33 (21.85) | ||
| Yes | 194 (73.48) | 76 (67.26) | 118 (78.15) | 3.933 | 0.047 | |
| Length of caring (year) | Median (IQR) | 15 (1–45) | 19 (2–43) | 14 (2–39) | 3.049 | 0.002 |
GAF Global Assessment of Function scale *numbers in bold represents significant values at P = 0.05/0.01