Table 2.
Non-care recipients (%) | Care recipients (%) | Care recipients without difficulties in receiving care (%) | Care-recipients with difficulties in receiving care (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Physical and mental health | ||||
Worsened health | 8 | 10* | 18 | 21 |
Affected by COVID-19 | 7 | 10** | 8 | 8 |
Felt sad/depressed more often | 16 | 18* | 23 | 26 |
Felt anxious/nervous more often | 21 | 24* | 24 | 29* |
Had trouble sleeping more often | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
Felt lonely more often | 12 | 13* | 20 | 24 |
Access to medical treatments | ||||
Medical treatment canceled by respondent | 12 | 12 | 13 | 20** |
Medical treatment postponed/denied | 28 | 27 | 29 | 32 |
N | 48,364 | 3,315 | 2,588 | 707 |
Data: SHARE Wave 8 COVID-19 Survey 1, release version: 0.0.1 beta and SHARE Wave 8, release version: 0 (weighted). Entries are adjusted predictions, controlling for sex; age; level of education; household composition; area of living; economic status; self-rated health; ADL, IADL, and GALI before the pandemic; and respondent's country. Significance level:
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001 [significances based on average marginal effects (AMEs) refer to respective previous column].