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Table 4 Continuation of caregiving of non-working caregivers

From: Distinct impacts of high intensity caregiving on caregivers’ mental health and continuation of caregiving

Independent variables

 

HI not provided in previous period

Co-residential caregiving

−0.0101

−0.0417

(0.122)

(0.129)

Co-residential caregiving (initial)

0.456***

0.573***

(0.104)

(0.121)

m(proxy of formal care use)

−62.58**

−68.33**

(26.23)

(29.21)

High-intensity caregiving (HI)

1.047*

1.232**

(0.537)

(0.570)

Generalized residual (GR)

−0.462

−0.363

(0.422)

(0.434)

HI × GR

0.0907

−0.281

(0.485)

(0.520)

Relative resources squared

0.00917

0.00598

(0.00878)

(0.00931)

Relative resources

0.0229

0.0374

(0.0327)

(0.0351)

Sex (male = 1)

−0.120

−0.104

(0.157)

(0.167)

Care recipients

Father

0.0599

0.0339

(0.135)

(0.144)

Mother

0.408***

0.469***

(0.111)

(0.122)

Father-in-law

−0.143

−0.117

(0.166)

(0.178)

Mother-in-law

0.284**

0.317**

(0.118)

(0.129)

Health status

Difficulty in daily life activities

−0.0223

−0.0518

(0.124)

(0.140)

Diabetes

0.0400

0.0541

(0.167)

(0.184)

Heart disease

−0.168

−0.0844

(0.225)

(0.242)

Cerebral stroke

−0.0348

0.0627

(0.327)

(0.340)

Hypertension

0.216

0.231

(0.152)

(0.164)

Hyperlipidemia

0.0545

−0.0108

(0.123)

(0.132)

Having friend

0.206*

0.274**

(0.124)

(0.134)

Constant

1.492

0.926

(1.330)

(1.445)

lnσu 2

−0.422

−0.376

σu

0.809***

0.828***

 

(0.141)

(0.157)

Intra-class correlation (σu 2/(1 + σu 2))

0.396

0.407

Likelihood-ratio test of ρ = 0 [chi2(1)]

18.10

15.70

Prob ≥ chi2

0.00

0.00

Log-likelihood

−1005.92

−857.71

N

1743

1454

  1. Co-residential caregiving (initial) refers to high-intensity caregiving in 2005. Age, educational attainment, hospitalization, marital status, medication or doctor’s consultation, residence, and having cancer were included as covariates
  2. Standard errors in parentheses. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1