Table 1.

Factors associated with having informal home care responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong (N=765)

N	Non-care provider (n=573) (%)	Care provider (n=192) (%)	P	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)			<0.001*
18–24	12.0	1.0		Ref.
25–44	30.9	37.0		5.34 (1.01 to 28.37)	0.049*
45–64	37.9	44.8		4.09 (0.76 to 22.14)	0.102
65 or more	19.2	17.2		3.63 (0.63 to 20.85)	0.148
Gender			<0.001*
Male	51.1	32.8		Ref.
Female	48.9	67.2		1.90 (1.29 to 2.82)	0.001*
Education attainment			0.125
Primary level or below	8.1	7.8
Secondary level	41.2	49.5
Tertiary level	50.7	42.7
Housing			0.370
Public housing	28.4	24.5
Subsidised housing	14.9	12.0
Private housing	55.3	62.5
Others	1.4	1.0
Housing size			0.499
Small (350 ft or below)	22.1	18.4
Medium (351–800 ft)	63.0	67.6
Large (801 ft or above)	15.0	14.0
Chronic disease			0.155
No	82.7	78.1
Yes	17.3	21.9
Marital status			<0.001*
Currently unmarried	44.8	25.0		Ref.
Currently married	55.2	75.0		2.20 (1.45 to 3.35)	<0.001*
Employment			<0.001*
White collar	45.5	44.4		Ref.
Blue collar	16.4	18.7		1.43 (0.88 to 2.32)	0.144
Housewives	8.8	23.0		1.89 (1.08 to 3.31)	0.026*
Students	8.1	0.5		0.38 (0.04 to 3.88)	0.412
Unemployed and retired	21.2	13.4		0.80 (0.43 to 1.50)	0.488
Household income			0.335
<7999	10.0	6.7
8000–19 999	14.5	12.8
20 000–39 999	25.2	30.7
40 000 or more	50.3	49.7

In the multivariable logistic regression, there were two missing values in marital status and 11 missing values in employment.

*P<0.05.