|  | Caregivers (N = 9343) | Non-caregivers (N = 76112) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 41.0** | 46.1** | 45.5 |
Female | 59.0** | 53.9** | 54.5 | |
Age | Mean (SD) | 54.5 (14.8)** | 49.2 (17.8)** | 49.8 (17.5) |
Education | Compulsory school | 47.0** | 43.5** | 43.9 |
Secondary school or equal | 32.6** | 34.3** | 34.1 | |
University | 20.4** | 22.2** | 22.0 | |
Financial status | No problems | 83.4** | 85.7** | 85.4 |
Have problems | 16.6** | 14.3** | 14.6 | |
Emotional social support | No | 12.7** | 10.5** | 10.7 |
Yes | 87.3** | 89.5** | 89.23 | |
Instrumental social support | No | 7.7** | 4.5** | 4.9 |
Yes | 92.3** | 95.5** | 95.1 | |
Long-term illness | No | 57.1** | 63.6** | 62.8 |
Yes | 42.9** | 36.4** | 37.2 | |
Self-rated health | Poor or very poor | 7.3** | 5.8** | 5.9 |
Neither good nor poor | 27.3** | 22.5** | 23.0 | |
Good or very good | 65.5** | 71.7** | 71.1 | |
Amount of recent days with poor health or without work capacity | Days with poor physical health, mean (SD) | 7.29 (9.4)** | 6.41 (9.4)** | 6.68 (9,6) |
Days with poor mental health, mean (SD) | 6.25 (9.0)** | 5.27 (8.3)** | 5.46 (8.5) | |
Days without work capacity, mean (SD) | 4.76 (8.9)** | 4.12 (8.4)** | 4.36 (8.6) | |
Psychological wellbeing | GHQ12a MD, Mean (SD) | 9, 10.1 (5.3)** | 8, 9.5 (4.8)** | 8, 9.5 (4.9) |
Good psychological wellbeingb | 78.2** | 82.4** | 81.9 | |
Poor psychological wellbeingb | 21.8** | 17.6** | 18.1 |