Table 2.
Socioeconomic characteristics among EOAD. FTD. and LOAD dementia caregivers.
| Group | Chi2 | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOAD | FTD | LOAD | ||||
| Cared for other relative with dementia in the past | Yes | 29.5% | 8.00% | 21.8% | 7.240 | 0.027* |
| No | 70.5% | 92.0% | 78.2% | |||
| Who is helping to provide care | Relative | 35.6% | 38.0% | 47.3% | ||
| Friend | 0.00% | 2.00% | 0.00% | 15.596 | 0.046* | |
| Paid caregiver | 15.6% | 32.0% | 18.2% | |||
| No body | 42.2% | 14.0% | 21.8% | |||
| More than one | 6.67% | 14.0% | 12.7% | |||
| Employment situation | Full time | 17.8% | 13.7% | 5.45% | 14.589 | 0.148 |
| Part time | 6.67% | 5.88% | 5.45% | |||
| No formal (hourly) | 17.8% | 17.6% | 30.9% | |||
| Housewife | 33.3% | 41.2% | 30.9% | |||
| Unemployed | 8.89% | 7.84% | 0.0% | |||
| Retired | 15.6% | 13.7% | 27.3% | |||
| Insurance company | None | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.82% | 19.549 | 0.003* |
| Sisben (Public) | 17.8% | 5.88% | 3.64% | |||
| EPS (Taxable) | 73.3% | 60.8% | 52.7% | |||
| Private insurance | 8.89% | 33.3% | 41.8% | |||
| Housing type | Family home | 20.0% | 29.4% | 16.4% | 12.561 | 0.014* |
| Own house | 48.9% | 56.9% | 74.5% | |||
| Leased | 31.1% | 13.7% | 9.09% | |||
| *p < 0.05 | ||||||