Table 2.

Description of the care provision within the household by individuals’ caregiving status

	Non-caregivers within the household	Caregivers within the household	Total
	n = 90,667	n = 7,205	n = 97,872
Variables	%, mean (sd)	%, mean (sd)	%, mean (sd)
Individual level
Household education
Medium	40.74	38.15	40.55
Low	31.29	40.64	31.98
High	27.97	21.21	27.47
Couple income
Middle medium income	38.20	34.70	37.94
Poor	15.13	17.31	15.29
Low medium income	29.68	35.70	30.12
High medium income	9.82	6.32	9.56
High income	7.18	5.98	7.09
Household wealth
0 to 49 999	21.80	29.85	22.40
Debt	2.64	3.22	2.69
50 000 to 99 999	12.57	13.91	12.67
100 000 or more	62.98	53.02	62.25
Age	62.88(9.32)	65.41(10.33)	63.07(9.42)
Household size	2.50(0.92)	2.58(0.99)	2.51(0.92)
Gender
Men	49.94	41.72	49.34
Women	50.06	58.28	50.66
Employment
Not working	64.72	77.53	65.66
Full-time	25.87	16.03	25.14
Part-time	9.41	6.44	9.19
IADL limitations
No iadl limitations	86.47	75.75	85.68
1 + iadl limitations	13.53	24.25	14.32
Interview year
2004–2005	27.43	22.40	27.06
2006–2007	13.48	13.37	13.48
2008–2012	30.50	34.80	30.82
2013–2015	28.58	29.44	28.65
Country level
Mean Gini coefficient			31.20(3.15)
Mean Social Expenditure, % GDP			23.91(4.26)

^a sd = standard deviation. ^b Interview years 2004–2005 represent SHARE wave 1 and ELSA wave 2, Years 2006–2007 represent SHARE wave 2 and ELSA wave 3, Years 2008 to 2012 represent SHARE wave 4, and ELSA waves 4, Years 2013–2015 represent SHARE waves 5 and 6, and ELSA waves 6 and 7. ^c Means of country-level indicators are derived from our sample of 21 countries