Caregiver burden associations with sociodemographic and informal caregiver study variables
| Variable | CBI, M (SD) | T or F* | P value |
| Age caregiver | |||
| 18–39 | 47.07 (2.15) | 1.61 | 0.203 |
| 40–59 | 51.66 (15.86) | ||
| 60–80 | 48.98 (16.09) | ||
| Residence | |||
| Capital or one of the larger cities | 48.9 (17.31) | −1.51 | 0.131 |
| Small cities or rural areas | 51.95 (12.96) | ||
| Education | |||
| Primary education or vocational training | 49.71 (15.91) | 0.78 | 0.504 |
| Secondary education or professional qualification | 48.76 (12.52) | ||
| Applied science or similar | 53.02 (14.89) | ||
| University degree | 49.47 (16.75) | ||
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 49.09 (12.57) | 0.15 | 0.862 |
| Married/partner | 50.21 (15.56) | ||
| Divorced/widowed or other | 51.16 (18.44) | ||
| Family members | |||
| 1–2 | 49.09 (15.37) | 1.93 | 0.148 |
| 3–4 | 51.94 (15.75) | ||
| 4+ | 46.0 (15.33) | ||
| Financial situation | |||
| Cannot afford enough food | 52.67 (18.82) | 0.42 | 0.737 |
| Enough for food, but not for bigger purchases (eg, television) | 49.7 (13.60) | ||
| Enough for bigger, but not very big purchases (eg, a flat) | 49.61 (15.79) | ||
| Everything is affordable | 49.56 (16.95) | ||
| Current occupational status | |||
| Employed full time | 48.52 (16.07) | 1.05 | 0.352 |
| Employed part time | 51.90 (17.84) | ||
| Unemployed | 51.36 (14.01) | ||
| Physical health problems caregiver | |||
| No | 45.82 (15.74) | −3.59 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 53.28 (14.86) | ||
| Psychological health problems caregiver | |||
| No | 43.8 (14.83) | −5.86 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 55.29 (14.38) | ||
| Self-rated well-being over last 4 weeks | |||
| Either very good or good | 36.88 (15.18) | 22.88 | <0.001 |
| Neither good nor bad | 52.09 (12.36) | ||
| Not very good or bad | 54.19 (15.35) | ||
| Gender care receiver | |||
| Men | 49.04 (15.53) | −0.77 | 0.444 |
| Women | 50.75 (16.14) | ||
| Age care receiver | |||
| 0–18 | 53.31 (5.22) | 1.14 | 0.337 |
| 19–39 | 54.59 (14.62) | ||
| 40–59 | 44.45 (8.89) | ||
| 60–79 | 50.19 (17.43) | ||
| 80–100 | 50.22 (16.39) | ||
| Relation care receiver | |||
| Husband/wife/partner | 45.39 (13.71) | 1.72 | 0.132 |
| Father/mother | 51.19 (15.87) | ||
| Parent-in-law/uncle/auntie | 46.87 (20.09) | ||
| Brother/sister | 49.0 (10.56) | ||
| Daughter/son | 56.04 (8.24) | ||
| Other | 46.48 (16.70) | ||
| Individual is the only caregiver | |||
| Yes | 52.37 (14.30) | 1.73 | 0.085 |
| No | 48.72 (16.37) | ||
| Reason why one started providing care | |||
| Own initiative | 44.17 (16.50) | 4.59 | 0.001 |
| Due to the proximity to the care receiver | 47.31 (19.70) | ||
| No other family members available | 56.46 (13.17) | ||
| Decided with family members | 50.27 (15.32) | ||
| Other | 51.33 (12.88) | ||
| Receiving of caregiving related support | |||
| Receiving support | 48.89 (16.99) | 1.31 | 0.191 |
| Not receiving support | 51.6 (14.0) | ||
| Residing with the care receiver | |||
| Yes | 52.9 (13.28) | 8.42 | <0.001 |
| No | 43.24 (18.91) | ||
| Time caring: months | |||
| <12 | 45.17 (19.20) | 7.99 | <0.001 |
| 12–24 | 42.56 (14.72) | ||
| 24–48 | 51.56 (15.44) | ||
| 48+ | 54.49 (12.62) | ||
| Time week: days | |||
| 1–2 | 39.04 (19.87) | 8.12 | <0.001 |
| 3–4 | 49.90 (18.14) | ||
| 5–7 | 51.86 (14.01) | ||
| Time day: hours | |||
| <3 | 39.90 (19.07) | 11.82 | <0.001 |
| 3–7 | 52.12 (13.87) | ||
| 8–11 | 50.0 (9.85) | ||
| 12+ | 55.06 (13.04) |
*Either Independent samples t-tests or one-way analysis of variance were performed dependently on the number of categories.
CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory.