Table 4 Amount and type of caregiving reported by CLSA respondents identified as a caregiver, sorted by respondent gender

N = 5590^a

N = 6351^a

N = 3548^a

N = 4416^a

N = 81^a

N = 46^a

N = 187^a

N = 326^a

N = 671^a

N = 1322^a

Number of people providing care to

1.00

1.00

2.00 (2.00 3.00)

2.00 (2.00 3.00)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

2.00 (1.00 3.00)

2.00 (1.00 3.00)

Number of people providing care to

 1

5590 (100%)

6351 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

81 (100%)

46 (100%)

187 (100%)

326 (100%)

277 (41%)

591 (45%)

 2

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2063 (58%)

2678 (61%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

204 (30%)

400 (30%)

 3 + 

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1485 (42%)

1738 (39%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

190 (28%)

331 (25%)

Hours per week given

4.00 (2.00 10.00)

5.00 (2.00 15.00)

3.00 (2.00 7.00)

4.00 (2.00 12.00)

6.00 (2.00 13.00)

6.00 (2.00 20.00)

3.00 (2.00 6.00)

4.00 (2.00 14.00)

3.00 (2.00 10.00)

4.00 (2.00 14.00)

Weeks per year given

16.00 (4.00 52.00)

18.00 (4.00 52.00)

20.00 (4.00 52.00)

24.00 (4.00 52.00)

3.00 (1.00 26.00)

3.00 (2.00 6.00)

12.00 (3.00 52.00)

20.00 (3.00 52.00)

12.00 (3.00 52.00)

20.00 (4.00 52.00)

Activities of care

 Personal care given

1378 (25%)

2177 (34%)

780 (22%)

1504 (34%)

19 (23%)

11 (24%)

28 (15%)

91 (28%)

136 (20%)

383 (29%)

 Medical care given

1187 (21%)

1907 (30%)

722 (20%)

1378 (31%)

18 (22%)

15 (33%)

26 (14%)

79 (24%)

141 (21%)

356 (27%)

 Managing care given

1553 (28%)

2378 (37%)

1095 (31%)

1796 (41%)

6 (7.4%)

8 (17%)

39 (21%)

102 (31%)

150 (22%)

445 (34%)

 House activities care given

3130 (56%)

3061 (48%)

2240 (63%)

2419 (55%)

52 (64%)

28 (61%)

82 (44%)

134 (41%)

354 (53%)

589 (45%)

 Transportation care given

4110 (74%)

4531 (71%)

2803 (79%)

3479 (79%)

54 (67%)

29 (63%)

134 (72%)

213 (65%)

475 (71%)

902 (68%)

 Meal preparation care given

1974 (35%)

2981 (47%)

1173 (33%)

2437 (55%)

52 (64%)

28 (61%)

51 (27%)

147 (45%)

252 (38%)

714 (54%)

 Other assistance given

41 (0.7%)

61 (1.0%)

30 (0.8%)

46 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.2%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (1.2%)

6 (0.9%)

13 (1.0%)

Living arrangements of primary care receiver

 Living in their household

1728 (31%)

1400 (22%)

524 (15%)

637 (14%)

80 (99%)

44 (96%)

35 (19%)

54 (17%)

189 (28%)

241 (18%)

 Living outside their household

2890 (52%)

3870 (61%)

2455 (69%)

3099 (70%)

1 (1.2%)

2 (4.3%)

127 (68%)

215 (66%)

406 (61%)

901 (68%)

 Living in a health care institution

613 (11%)

688 (11%)

371 (10%)

415 (9.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

18 (9.6%)

38 (12%)

45 (6.7%)

121 (9.2%)

 Now deceased

353 (6.3%)

391 (6.2%)

185 (5.2%)

255 (5.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

7 (3.7%)

19 (5.8%)

28 (4.2%)

55 (4.2%)

Relationship to primary care recipient

 Spouse

1468 (26%)

1015 (16%)

342 (9.6%)

363 (8.2%)

81 (100%)

46 (100%)

27 (14%)

34 (10%)

162 (24%)

161 (12%)

 Parent

1603 (29%)

2151 (34%)

1056 (30%)

1448 (33%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

54 (29%)

100 (31%)

128 (19%)

338 (26%)

 Child

230 (4.1%)

433 (6.8%)

162 (4.6%)

321 (7.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

13 (7.0%)

25 (7.7%)

31 (4.6%)

120 (9.1%)

 Sibling

246 (4.4%)

420 (6.6%)

156 (4.4%)

283 (6.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

12 (6.4%)

32 (9.8%)

25 (3.7%)

83 (6.3%)

 Other relative

777 (14%)

671 (11%)

590 (17%)

529 (12%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

23 (12%)

35 (11%)

82 (12%)

130 (9.8%)

 Other

1126 (20%)

1535 (24%)

1127 (32%)

1347 (31%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

54 (29%)

96 (29%)

228 (34%)

462 (35%)

Gender of primary care receiver

 Men

1523 (27%)

2060 (32%)

1367 (39%)

1262 (29%)

1 (1.2%)

45 (98%)

59 (32%)

89 (27%)

238 (36%)

417 (32%)

 Women

4059 (73%)

4286 (68%)

2117 (61%)

3103 (71%)

80 (99%)

1 (2.2%)

128 (68%)

237 (73%)

427 (64%)

895 (68%)