Characteristics | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 3 | ||||||
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Caregivers (N = 30) | Non-caregivers (N = 50) | p-value‡ | Caregivers (N = 47) | Non-caregivers (N = 111) | p-value‡ | Caregivers (N = 29) | Non-caregivers (N = 97) | p-value‡ | |
Age (mean, SD) | 48.3 (11.5) | 46.7 (15.9) | 0.64 | 44.9 (11.1) | 47.9 (15.6) | 0.23 | 48.9 (11.2) | 49.7 (16.9) | 0.82 |
Gender (n,%) | |||||||||
Male | 20 (66.7%) | 21 (42.0%) | 0.03 | 15 (31.9%) | 65 (58.6%) | <0.01 | 12 (41.4%) | 48 (49.5%) | 0.44 |
Female | 10 (33.3%) | 29 (58.0%) | 32 (68.1%) | 46 (41.4%) | 17 (58.6%) | 49 (50.5%) | |||
Ethnicity (n,%) * | |||||||||
White | 15 (50.0%) | 35 (70.0%) | 0.07 | 41 (87.2%) | 91 (82.0%) | 0.42 | 10 (34.5%) | 58 (59.8%) | 0.02 |
Other | 15 (50.0%) | 15 (30.0%) | 6 (12.8%) | 20 (18.0%) | 19 (65.5%) | 39 (40.2%) | |||
Marital status (n,%) | |||||||||
Single | 8 (26.7%) | 29 (58.0%) | 0.02 | 10 (21.3%) | 54 (48.6%) | <0.01 | 9 (31.0%) | 59 (60.8%) | 0.02 |
Married/Living with partner | 11 (36.7%) | 12 (24.0%) | 26 (55.3%) | 35 (31.5%) | 8 (27.6%) | 13 (13.4%) | |||
Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 11 (36.7%) | 9 (18.0%) | 11 (23.4%) | 22 (19.8%) | 12 (41.4%) | 25 (25.8%) | |||
Employment status (n,%) † | |||||||||
Full-time work | 8 (26.7%) | 12 (24.0%) | 0.12 | 17 (36.2%) | 35 (31.5%) | 0.11 | 7 (24.1%) | 16 (16.5%) | 0.15 |
Part-time work | 10 (33.3%) | 18 (36.0%) | 16 (34.0%) | 24 (21.6%) | 12 (41.4%) | 24 (24.7%) | |||
Unemployed | 1 (3.3%) | 10 (20.0%) | 2 (4.3%) | 17 (15.3%) | 3 (10.3%) | 17 (17.5%) | |||
Other | 11 (36.7%) | 10 (20.0%) | 12 (25.5%) | 35 (31.5%) | 7 (24.1%) | 40 (41.2%) | |||
Education Level (n,%) | |||||||||
No university degree | 16 (53.3%) | 25 (50.0%) | 0.77 | 34 (72.3%) | 64 (57.7%) | 0.08 | 14 (48.3%) | 44 (45.4%) | 0.78 |
University or postgraduate degree | 14 (46.7%) | 25 (50.0%) | 13 (27.7%) | 47 (42.3%) | 15 (51.7%) | 53 (54.6%) |