Table 2.
Response frequencies for motivational items (yes) and factor loadings for the latent motivational dimensions from the principal component analysis, N = 147
| Motivational items and constructs for active involvement in research | Total % (n) | Mean age (SD) | Gender1% (n) |
Education1% (n) |
Health1% (n) |
Factor loading | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | More than high-school | High-school or less | Good | Poor | ||||
| Family motivation | |||||||||
| That it leads to a change in the situation of my family member |
45% (65) |
68.29 b (12.35) |
44% (53) |
48% (11) |
44% (48) |
43% (15) |
52%a (47) |
32% (17) |
0.681 |
| Getting to know more about the situation of my family member |
40% (58) |
72.28 (10.38) |
33% a (40) |
74% (17) |
39% (42) |
43% (15) |
41% (37) |
37% (20) |
0.561 |
| Getting in contact with others in the same situation |
36% (53) |
70.85 (10.69) |
36% (43) |
39% (9) |
35% (38) |
37% (13) |
37% (33) |
35% (19) |
0.723 |
| That it leads to a change in my situation |
31% (45) |
67.69b (12.62) |
32% (39) |
22% (5) |
31% (33) |
34% (12) |
32% (29) |
30% (16) |
0.714 |
| Getting to know more about my caring situation |
29% (43) |
71.19 (10.96) |
29% (35) |
26% (6) |
32% (35) |
20% (7) |
31% (28) |
24% (13) |
0.701 |
| Getting to know what the study will lead to |
21% (30) |
68.83 (9.84) |
22% (26) |
13% (3) |
19% (21) |
23% (8) |
22% (20) |
17% (9) |
0.314 |
| Greater good motivation | |||||||||
| The research being about something I find important |
56%2 (81) |
69.12 (11.10) |
57% (69) |
44% (10) |
57% (61) |
49% (17) |
61% (55) |
46% (25) |
0.590 |
| Research must move forward (i.e. someone has to do it) |
52% (76) |
69.91 (11.95) |
49% a (59) |
74% (17) |
55% (59) |
49% (17) |
56% (50) |
46% (25) |
0.469 |
| To contribute to society |
40% (58) |
67.43 b (12.14) |
40% (48) |
39% (9) |
45% a (48) |
26% (9) |
41% (37) |
39% (21) |
0.743 |
| To have better services and products |
21% (31) |
69.13 (9.83) |
21% (25) |
22% (5) |
21% (23) |
20% (7) |
20% (18) |
22% (12) |
0.333 |
| Being helpful to the researcher |
19% (28) |
73.32 (10.18) |
17% (21) |
30% (7) |
23% (25) |
9% (3) |
21% (19) |
17% (9) |
0.522 |
| I have nothing to lose |
14% (21) |
73.29 (7.16) |
15% (18) |
9% (2) |
13% (14) |
17% (6) |
16% (14) |
11% (6) |
0.516 |
| To get a sense of being important |
10% (14) |
69.29 (10.73) |
10% (12) |
9% (2) |
10% (11) |
9% (3) |
10% (9) |
7% (4) |
0.456 |
| Being prioritised for services (e.g. healthcare, social care, service, residency) |
6% (8) |
70.50 (12.94) |
5% (6) |
9% (2) |
5% (5) |
9% (3) |
4% (4) |
7% (4) |
− 0.300 |
Missing data (n): total yes, 146/147; age, 144/147; gender, 145/147; education, 143/147; health, 144/147
Valid percentages used; percentages are rounded-up to whole numbers
Variance explained: 33.84
1Percentage within the group (gender, education, health)
2One person who said yes to this question did not want to state their gender
aSignificant Chi2/likelihood ratio (p < 0.5)
bSignificant independent-samples t-test