Background
Methods
Data
Dependent variable: Views on responsibility for care
Independent variables
Health
Informal care situation
General background characteristics
Analysis
Background characteristics | ||
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Age (mean. SD) | 56.3 (17.2) | |
Gender (%) | female | 52% |
male | 48% | |
Educational level | low | 18% |
middle | 54% | |
high | 28% | |
Marital status | married/reg. Partner | 62% |
divorced/widowed | 15% | |
never been married | 23% | |
Income | low | 31% |
middle | 36% | |
high | 33% | |
Employment status | fulltime | 25% |
part-time | 23% | |
no paid work position | 52% | |
Experienced health | ||
Subjective health | (very) good/excellent | 83% |
moderate/bad | 17% | |
Level of physical disability | No | 61% |
Mild | 20% | |
Moderate/Severe | 19% | |
Informal care situation | ||
Informal caregiver at present (yes) | 28% | |
Relationship between caregiver and care recipientb
| Partner | 16% |
Parent | 31% | |
Parent(−in-law) | 11% | |
Brother/sister | 6% | |
Child | 8% | |
Other family | 12% | |
Friend | 9% | |
Neighbor | 20% | |
Acquaintance | 19% | |
Willing to provide informal care in the future | ||
Willing to provide care | Yesa
| 67% |
Types of care wiling to providec: | Personal care | 40% |
Assistance with taking medication | 61% | |
Nursing care | 25% | |
Household activities | 68% | |
Support with administrative tasks | 72% | |
Support with visits | 78% | |
Emotional support | 83% | |
Supervision | 79% |
Responsible for care tasks is (in %): | |||||||||
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Exclusively the general public | Mainly the general public | Partly the general public and the government | Mainly the government | Exclusively the government | Mean score (sd) | Range | N | ||
Views on responsibility for care in general | 2.8 (0.6) | 1–5 | 1009 | ||||||
Views on responsibility for personal or nursing care | 3.4 (0.8) | 1–5 | 1018 | ||||||
Personal care | 5% | 11% | 48% | 23% | 13% | 1036 | |||
Assistance with taking medication | 5% | 21% | 43% | 19% | 12% | 1033 | |||
Nursing care | 2% | 3% | 29% | 39% | 26% | 1033 | |||
Views on responsibility for support activities | 2.5 (0.7) | 1–5 | 1027 | ||||||
Household activities | 5% | 22% | 55% | 12% | 6% | 1045 | |||
Support with administrative tasks | 8% | 50% | 33% | 2% | 2% | 1037 | |||
Support with visits | 12% | 51% | 33% | 2% | 2% | 1042 | |||
Emotional support | 16% | 45% | 34% | 2% | 3% | 1040 | |||
Supervision | 12% | 39% | 42% | 4% | 4% | 1043 |
Views on responsibility fora: | |||||||
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MODEL A | MODEL B | MODEL C | |||||
Care in general (n = 930) | Personal or nursing care (n = 937) | Support activities (n = 947) | |||||
St. coeff. |
P-value | St. coeff. |
P-value | St. coeff. |
P-value | ||
Background characteristics | |||||||
Age | −0.13 | 0.004 | −0.12 | 0.006 | −0.10 | 0.020 | |
Gender (ref. male) | female | 0.12 | 0.000 | 0.10 | 0.004 | 0.11 | 0.001 |
Educational level (ref. high) | low | 0.14 | 0.000 | 0.11 | 0.007 | 0.13 | 0.001 |
middle | 0.09 | 0.021 | 0.06 | 0.121 | 0.09 | 0.016 | |
Marital status (ref. married/reg. partner) | divorced/widowed | 0.01 | 0.854 | 0.00 | 0.912 | 0.02 | 0.668 |
never been married | 0.09 | 0.017 | 0.09 | 0.014 | 0.07 | 0.066 | |
Income (ref. high) | low | 0.07 | 0.079 | 0.07 | 0.116 | 0.06 | 0.172 |
middle | 0.08 | 0.042 | 0.10 | 0.007 | 0.04 | 0.332 | |
Employment status (ref. no paid work) | fulltime | 0.04 | 0.342 | 0.06 | 0.186 | 0.02 | 0.649 |
part-time | 0.10 | 0.013 | 0.13 | 0.002 | 0.05 | 0.185 | |
Health | |||||||
General health (ref. (very) good/excellent) | moderate/bad | 0.05 | 0.137 | 0.04 | 0.282 | 0.05 | 0.149 |
Level of physical disability (ref. no) | mild | −0.02 | 0.528 | −0.03 | 0.344 | −0.01 | 0.884 |
moderate/severe | 0.07 | 0.077 | 0.02 | 0.526 | 0.03 | 0.08 | |
Infomal care characteristics | |||||||
Informal caregiver at present (ref. no) | yes | 0.03 | 0.331 | 0.04 | 0.202 | 0.01 | 0.781 |
Constant (coef.) | 2.73 | 0.000 | 3.11 | 0.000 | 2.26 | 0.000 | |
Adjusted R2 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
Views on responsibility fora: | |||||||
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MODEL D | MODEL E | MODEL F | |||||
Care in general (n = 223) | Personal or nursing care (n = 225) | Support activities (n = 226) | |||||
St. coeff. |
P-value | St. coeff. |
P-value | St. coeff. |
P-value | ||
Background characteristics | |||||||
Age | −0.09 | 0.285 | −0.01 | 0.251 | −0.05 | 0.536 | |
Gender (ref. male) | female | 0.24 | 0.000 | 0.15 | 0.030 | 0.26 | 0.000 |
Educational level (ref. high) | low | 0.28 | 0.001 | 0.26 | 0.002 | 0.20 | 0.019 |
middle | 0.16 | 0.039 | 0.12 | 0.138 | 0.13 | 0.094 | |
Marital status (ref. married/reg. partner) | divorced/widowed | 0.03 | 0.677 | −0.02 | 0.756 | 0.06 | 0.365 |
never been married | 0.17 | 0.010 | 0.13 | 0.054 | 0.15 | 0.030 | |
Income (ref. high) | low | −0.04 | 0.648 | −0.04 | 0.674 | −0.02 | 0.810 |
middle | 0.05 | 0.542 | 0.03 | 0.675 | 0.06 | 0.459 | |
Employment status (ref. no paid work) | fulltime | 0.13 | 0.091 | 0.14 | 0.092 | 0.09 | 0.271 |
part-time | 0.07 | 0.341 | 0.10 | 0.207 | 0.02 | 0.787 | |
Health | |||||||
General health (ref. (very) good/excellent) | moderate/bad | −0.02 | 0.758 | −0.03 | 0.654 | 0.00 | 0.984 |
Level of physical disability (ref. no) | mild | −0.06 | 0.404 | −0.12 | 0.098 | 0.01 | 0.934 |
moderate/severe | 0.14 | 0.088 | 0.09 | 0.277 | 0.14 | 0.084 | |
Infomal care characteristics | |||||||
Subjective burdenb
| −0.17 | 0.029 | −0.17 | 0.030 | −0.12 | 0.139 | |
Constant (coef.) | 3.16 | 0.000 | 3.86 | 0.000 | 2.25 | 0.000 | |
Adjusted R2 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.12 |