Research Article
Estimating Long-Term Care Costs among Thai Elderly: A Phichit Province Case Study
Table 4
Characteristics of caregivers (N = 462).
| | | Rural, N (%) | Urban, N (%) | |
| | N | 327 (100) | 135 (100) | | | Mean age (SD) | 52.82 ± 15.11 | 52.50 ± 14.54 | | | <40 | 73 (22.3) | 31 (23.0) | χ2 = 0.78, | | 40–59 | 146 (44.6) | 65 (48.1) | | | ≥60 | 108 (33.0) | 39 (28.9) | | | Gender | | | χ2 = 1.49, | | Female | 232 (70.9) | 88 (65.2) | | | Marital status | | | χ2 = 1.30, | | Never married | 80 (24.5) | 32 (23.7) | | | Married living together | 198 (24.2) | 77 (57.0) | | | Married not living togethera | 49 (15.0) | 26 (19.3) | | | Education level | | | χ2 = 14.03, | | Primary school and lower degree | 165 (50.5) | 44 (32.6) | | | High school | 79 (24.2) | 37 (27.4) | | | Diploma and higher degree | 83 (25.4) | 54 (40.0) | | | Relationship with care recipients | | | χ2 = 3.86, | | Spouse | 133 (40.7) | 57 (42.2) | | | Son/son-in-law | 43 (13.1) | 21 (15.6) | | | Daughter/daughter-in-law | 94 (28.7) | 43 (31.9) | | | Relatives | 57 (17.4) | 14 (10.4) | | | Residence status | | | χ2 = 109.14, | | Coresidence with elderly | 280 (85.6) | 112 (83) | | | Working status | | | χ2 = 12.54, | | Did not work | 197 (60.2) | 57 (42.2) | | | Annual income | | | χ2 = 77.21, | | No income | 22 (7.3) | 57 (42.2) | | | <USD 4,354 | 190 (62.9) | 50 (37.0) | | | ≥USD 4,354 | 90 (29.8) | 28 (20.7) | | | Reason for leaving a jobb | | | χ2 = 0.90, | | Care for an elderly | 96 (55.8) | 19 (47.5) | | | Retirement | 40 (23.3) | 11 (27.5) | | | Other | 36 (20.9) | 10 (25.0) | | | Time spent in informal caregiving (hours/day) | | | χ2 = 35.57, | | Less than 4 | 35 (11.5) | 27 (20.8) | | | 5–8 | 134 (43.9) | 78 (60.0) | | | 9–12 | 57 (18.7) | 21 (15.6) | | | 13–24 | 79 (25.9) | 4 (3.1) | |
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aMarried not living together includes widowed and divorced. bData were missing for some respondents for the reason for quitting their job (42).
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