Table 1

Factors associated with having informal home care responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong (N=765)

NNon-care provider (n=573) (%)Care provider (n=192) (%)PAOR (95% CI)P value
Age (years)<0.001*
 18–2412.01.0Ref.
 25–4430.937.05.34 (1.01 to 28.37)0.049*
 45–6437.944.84.09 (0.76 to 22.14)0.102
 65 or more19.217.23.63 (0.63 to 20.85)0.148
Gender<0.001*
 Male51.132.8Ref.
 Female48.967.21.90 (1.29 to 2.82)0.001*
Education attainment0.125
 Primary level or below8.17.8
 Secondary level41.249.5
 Tertiary level50.742.7
Housing0.370
 Public housing28.424.5
 Subsidised housing14.912.0
 Private housing55.362.5
 Others1.41.0
Housing size0.499
 Small (350 ft or below)22.118.4
 Medium (351–800 ft)63.067.6
 Large (801 ft or above)15.014.0
Chronic disease0.155
 No82.778.1
 Yes17.321.9
Marital status<0.001*
 Currently unmarried44.825.0Ref.
 Currently married55.275.02.20 (1.45 to 3.35)<0.001*
Employment<0.001*
 White collar45.544.4Ref.
 Blue collar16.418.71.43 (0.88 to 2.32)0.144
 Housewives8.823.01.89 (1.08 to 3.31)0.026*
 Students8.10.50.38 (0.04 to 3.88)0.412
 Unemployed and retired21.213.40.80 (0.43 to 1.50)0.488
Household income0.335
 <799910.06.7
 8000–19 99914.512.8
 20 000–39 99925.230.7
 40 000 or more50.349.7
  • In the multivariable logistic regression, there were two missing values in marital status and 11 missing values in employment.

  • *P<0.05.