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. 2021 Mar 12;18(2):195–205. doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00611-z

Table 3.

Bivariate analysis of profile of noncarers and carers, before and post-onset the pandemic

Variable February 2020 June 2020
Non-carers Carers p-value Non-carers Carers p-value
% (mean) % (mean) % (mean) % (mean)
Gender
 Women 46.30 56.26 0.008 46.20 56.07 0.007
 Men 53.70 43.74 53.80 43.93
Age (mean) (41.81) (45.97)  < 0.001 (41.75) (46.0)  < 0.001
 20–29 21.00 15.41  < 0.001 21.15 14.91  < 0.001
 30–39 23.20 15.94 23.09 17.23
 40–49 23.55 16.85 23.65 16.78
 50–59 24.27 37.14 24.17 36.67
 60–64 7.99 14.65 7.93 14.42
Youngest child
 0–6 17.60 12.73 0.115 17.85 11.61 0.028
 7–18 24.61 22.67 24.64 22.66
 18 + /no children 57.79 64.60 57.52 65.74
Education
 Primary 13.69 12.61 0.922 13.60 13.21 0.983
 Secondary 56.69 57.24 56.77 56.71
 Tertiary 29.62 30.15 29.62 30.09
Birth country
 Austria 88.69 93.20 0.068 88.44 94.35 0.017
 Foreign-born 11.31 6.80 11.56 5.65
 Household size (2.76) (2.72) 0.610 (2.78) (2.65) 0.161
Employment
 Employed 76.12 70.33 0.107 73.88 64.48 0.017
 Unemployed 7.43 7.15 10.03 13.27
 Inactive 16.45 22.52 16.09 22.25
Income situation
 Comfortably living 43.17 49.89 0.125 32.74 37.14 0.005
 Managing 47.90 39.41 46.96 33.50
 Difficult to manage 6.63 8.79 14.45 21.85
 Very difficult to manage 2.31 1.19 5.84 7.50
 No. of observations 1737 263 1722 278

Bold indicates significant values at *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001

Source Weighted results for AKCOVID