The Contribution of a “Supportive Community” Program for Older Persons in Israel to Their Offspring Who Are Primary Caregivers

Table 6

Stepwise Regression predicting quality of life.

Model	Variables entered		SE
Total QoL
Step	Total burden	−.358	.075	−.402	−4.75	.162
Step	Total burden	−.301	.074	−.339	−4.06	.236
	Income	.158	.047	.280	3.35
Step	Total burden	−.331	.075	−.372	−4.44	.263
	Income	.164	.047	.290	3.52
	Receiving homecare services	−.158	.076	−.170	−2.07
Physical QoL
Step	Total burden	−.453	.089	−.427	−5.10	.182
Step	Total burden	−.384	.087	−.363	−4.41	.258
	Income	.191	.055	.282	3.43
Step	Total burden	−.348	.087	−.329	−3.98	.286
	Income	.200	.055	.296	3.64
	Number of days of caregiving per week	.128	.060	.170	2.12
Psychological QoL
Step	Total burden	−.359	.082	−.376	−4.39	.141
Step	Total burden	−.357	.080	−.374	−4.48	.194
	Age of caregiver	.012	.004	.229	2.74
Social relationships QoL
Step	Total burden	−.454	.117	−.337	−3.87	.114
Step	Total burden	−.452	.115	−.336	−3.93	.153
	Gender of caregiver	.299	.129	.197	2.31
Environment QoL
Step	Income	.258	.061	.365	4.23	.133
Step	Income	.257	.060	.363	4.29	.169
	Sharing in caregiving	.156	.069	.191	2.26

Note: QoL = Quality of Life, < .05, < .01, and < .001.