Table 4.
Marginal Effects at the mean (MEM) of the multinomial multilevel regression on the three determinants of the Informal Care Model when excluding care situations where only emotional support was given
| 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) | -0.00 | (0.02) | -0.08*** | (0.02) | 0.09*** | (0.02) | |
| Do I have to? changes in formal care (ref. no change) | |||||||||
| reduction in formal care | -0.02 | (0.01) | -0.01 | (0.03) | -0.10* | (0.05) | 0.12** | (0.04) | |
| increase in formal care | -0.03 | (0.01) | 0.02 | (0.06) | -0.00 | (0.07) | 0.01 | (0.06) | |
| in-and decrease in formal care | -0.02 | (0.02) | -0.09 | (0.08) | 0.11 | (0.12) | -0.01 | (0.10) | |
| Can I? feeling less restricted | -0.04** | (0.01) | -0.10*** | (0.02) | 0.12*** | (0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01) | |
| Relationship type (ref. partner) | |||||||||
| (in-law, step- parent | 0.02 | (0.03) | -0.06 | (0.08) | -0.07 | (0.08) | 0.11* | (0.04) | |
| (step-)child | 0.03 | (0.03) | -0.12 | (0.09) | 0.06 | (0.09) | 0.03 | (0.05) | |
| other family members | 0.06 | (0.03) | -0.05 | (0.08) | -0.08 | (0.09) | 0.07 | (0.06) | |
| friends or neighbours | 0.03 | (0.03) | -0.07 | (0.07) | -0.00 | (0.08) | 0.05 | (0.05) | |
| Living situation (ref. independent living) | |||||||||
| same household | -0.03* | (0.01) | -0.16*** | (0.05) | 0.06 | (0.07) | 0.14* | (0.07) | |
| nursing home | 0.11* | (0.05) | 0.10 | (0.06) | -0.10 | (0.07) | -0.11** | (0.04) | |
| Memory problems (ref. no problems) | |||||||||
| some problems | -0.02 | (0.01) | -0.04 | (0.03) | 0.04 | (0.04) | 0.02 | (0.03) | |
| serious problems | -0.00 | (0.02) | -0.04 | (0.05) | -0.08 | (0.07) | 0.12* | (0.06) | |
| Mental health problems (ref. no problems) | |||||||||
| some problems | -0.01 | (0.01) | 0.06 | (0.03) | -0.07 | (0.04) | 0.02 | (0.03) | |
| serious problems | -0.04* | (0.02) | 0.07 | (0.06) | 0.06 | (0.07) | -0.09* | (0.04) | |
| ADL | 0.01 | (0.01) | 0.05* | (0.02) | -0.05 | (0.02) | -0.01 | (0.02) | |
| IADL | -0.01 | (0.01) | -0.03* | (0.01) | 0.02 | (0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01) | |
| Caregiving intensity in March (divided by 10 h) | -0.04* | (0.01) | -0.04 | (0.02) | 0.03 | (0.02) | 0.04*** | (0.01) | |
| Level 2—Caregiver | |||||||||
| Women (ref. men) | 0.03* | (0.01) | 0.01 | (0.03) | -0.07 | (0.03) | 0.03 | (0.03) | |
| Age | 0.00 | (0.00) | -0.00 | (0.00) | 0.00 | (0.00) | -0.00 | (0.00) | |
| Working (ref. not working) | -0.01 | (0.01) | 0.03 | (0.03) | -0.09* | (0.04) | 0.06* | (0.03) | |
| Children living in the household (ref. none) | -0.01 | (0.01) | -0.07 | (0.03) | 0.02 | (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 = 1092 caregiving situation of 883 caregivers