TABLE 6.

Correlation of demographic characteristics, problem area score, and met and unmet needs.

Variables	Problem		Unmet need		Met needs
	r	p	r	p	R	p
Age of carer (years)	−0.047	0.744	−0.356	0.011†	0.162	0.261
Sex	−0.164	0.254	−0.237	0.097	0.180	0.211
Relationship status	0.009	0.949	−0.103	0.476	0.170	0.238
Level of education	−0.188	0.191	−0.116	0.422	−0.047	0.748
Employment status	0.027	0.853	−0.230	0.107	0.166	0.250
Number of children	0.119	0.410	−0.231	0.106	0.171	0.234
Payment for care	−0.049	0.736	0.030	0.836	−0.079	0.584
Number of hours spent with patient in a day	0.045	0.754	−0.040	0.785	0.045	0.757
Years of engagement	−0.096	0.506	−0.215	0.134	0.167	0.247
Problem area score	-	-	0.308†	0.030	−0.276	0.052

r, Correlation coefficient.

^†, Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).