Table 2.
Associations between Use of Paid Help and Caregiving Experiences
| Emotional Difficulty | Physical Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | p-value | AOR | 95% CI | p-value | |
| Assisted with finding paid help | 1.92 | 1.27, 2.92 | <0.01 | 2.16 | 1.04, 4.51 | 0.04 |
| Caregiving Context | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| <65 | Ref | Ref | ||||
| 65–74 | 1.16 | 0.60, 2.25 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.22, 1.59 | 0.29 |
| 75+ | 1.05 | 0.51, 2.13 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 0.42, 2.55 | 0.95 |
| Female | 1.46 | 0.67, 3.19 | 0.34 | 2.42 | 1.12, 5.21 | 0.03 |
| Education | ||||||
| High school or less | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Some college | 0.92 | 0.54, 1.56 | 0.75 | 1.94 | 0.95, 3.98 | 0.07 |
| College degree or higher | 1.40 | 0.68, 2.89 | 0.35 | 1.48 | 0.72, 3.06 | 0.28 |
| Relationship to care recipient | ||||||
| Spouse | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Child | 1.33 | 0.52, 3.38 | 0.54 | 1.12 | 0.38, 3.28 | 0.83 |
| Other | 1.23 | 0.44, 3.46 | 0.68 | 0.94 | 0.24, 3.68 | 0.93 |
| Caregiving stressors | ||||||
| Caregiver characteristics | ||||||
| Fair/poor self-rated health | 1.48 | 0.89, 2.47 | 0.13 | 2.29 | 1.26, 4.16 | <0.01 |
| Hours of care in the past week | ||||||
| <20 hours of care | Ref | Ref | ||||
| 21–39 hours of care | 1.03 | 0.49, 2.18 | 0.94 | 0.45 | 0.13, 1.52 | 0.20 |
| 40 or more hours of care | 1.15 | 0.57, 2.31 | 0.70 | 1.13 | 0.51, 2.51 | 0.76 |
| Care recipient characteristics | ||||||
| Probable dementia | 1.04 | 0.53, 2.02 | 0.92 | 0.74 | 0.34, 1.62 | 0.45 |
| Level of assistance | ||||||
| Household help only | Ref | Ref | ||||
| 1–2 Self-care/mobility activities | 1.04 | 0.52, 2.09 | 0.90 | 0.51 | 0.16, 1.59 | 0.24 |
| 3 or more self-care/mobility activities | 1.22 | 0.62, 2.42 | 0.55 | 1.04 | 0.39, 2.77 | 0.94 |
| Medicaid-enrolled | 0.55 | 0.34, 0.88 | 0.02 | 0.89 | 0.45, 1.74 | 0.72 |
| Federal poverty-level status | ||||||
| <100% federal poverty level | Ref | Ref | ||||
| 100–<200% federal poverty level | 1.05 | 0.53, 2.09 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.45, 1.74 | 0.72 |
| 200% federal poverty level or greater | 0.55 | 0.23, 1.30 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.11, 0.84 | 0.02 |
| Receives help from family and friends | 1.04 | 0.55, 1.98 | 0.91 | 1.21 | 0.53, 2.73 | 0.64 |
Note. Data are survey-weight adjusted; National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study on Caregiving 2015; 556 caregivers identifying as non-Hispanic Black, caring for community-dwelling older adults who report receiving assistance with self-care, mobility, and household activities (for a health reason). α=<0.05 indicates significance for all comparisons.