Table 3.
Marginal Effects at the mean (MEM) of the multinomial multilevel regression on the three determinants of the Informal Care Model when excluding care recipients living in nursing homes
| Stopped care | Cared less | No change in care | Cared more | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1—caregiving situation | MEM | SE | MEM | SE | MEM | SE | MEM | SE |
| Do I want to? increase in worries | -0.01* | (0.01) | -0.01 | (0.02) | -0.07** | (0.02) | 0.09*** | (0.02) |
| Do I have to? changes in formal care (ref. no change) | ||||||||
| reduction in formal care | -0.00 | (0.01) | -0.01 | (0.04) | -0.09* | (0.05) | 0.10** | (0.04) |
| increase in formal care | -0.03* | (0.01) | -0.04 | (0.07) | 0.01 | (0.09) | 0.06 | (0.08) |
| Can I? feeling less restricted | -0.04*** | (0.01) | -0.11*** | (0.01) | 0.13*** | (0.02) | 0.02 | (0.01) |
| Relationship type (ref. partner) | ||||||||
| (in-law, step-)parent | 0.02 | (0.02) | -0.04 | (0.08) | -0.11 | (0.08) | 0.13** | (0.04) |
| (step-)child | 0.03 | (0.02) | -0.11 | (0.09) | 0.05 | (0.09) | 0.03 | (0.04) |
| other family members | 0.08* | (0.03) | -0.02 | (0.09) | -0.13 | (0.09) | 0.07 | (0.06) |
| friends or neighbours | 0.05* | (0.02) | -0.05 | (0.08) | -0.03 | (0.08) | 0.03 | (0.05) |
| Living situation (ref. independent living) | ||||||||
| same household | -0.03* | (0.02) | -0.15** | (0.05) | 0.05 | (0.07) | 0.13* | (0.06) |
| Memory problems (ref. no problems) | ||||||||
| some problems | -0.02 | (0.01) | 0.02 | (0.03) | -0.02 | (0.04) | 0.02 | (0.03) |
| serious problems | 0.00 | (0.02) | 0.02 | (0.06) | -0.11 | (0.07) | 0.09 | (0.06) |
| Mental health problems (ref. no problems) | ||||||||
| some problems | -0.02 | (0.01) | 0.04 | (0.03) | -0.05 | (0.04) | 0.03 | (0.03) |
| serious problems | -0.03 | (0.02) | 0.03 | (0.07) | 0.07 | (0.07) | -0.07 | (0.04) |
| ADL | 0.01 | (0.01) | 0.03 | (0.02) | -0.04 | (0.03) | -0.01 | (0.02) |
| IADL | -0.01 | (0.01) | -0.03* | (0.02) | 0.03 | (0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01) |
| Caregiving intensity in March (divided by 10 h) | -0.04** | (0.01) | -0.03 | (0.02) | 0.03 | (0.02) | 0.04*** | (0.01) |
| Level 2—Caregiver | ||||||||
| Women (ref. men) | 0.04* | (0.01) | 0.04 | (0.03) | -0.11** | (0.04) | 0.04 | (0.03) |
| Age | 0.00 | (0.00) | 0.00 | (0.00) | -0.00 | (0.00) | -0.00 | (0.00) |
| Working (ref. not working) | 0.04* | (0.01) | 0.04 | (0.03) | -0.11** | (0.04) | 0.04 | (0.03) |
| Children living in the household (ref. none) | -0.02 | (0.01) | -0.04 | (0.03) | 0.00 | (0.04) | 0.06* | (0.03) |
| Number of caregiving situations | 0.01 | (0.01) | 0.01 | (0.02) | -0.03 | (0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01) |
*** p < 0,001; ** p < 0,01; * p < 0,05, N = 1121 caregiving situation of 892 caregivers. Note: In-and decrease in formal care had too little cases to remain included