Table 5 Amount and type of care received by CLSA respondents who were identified as care receivers by respondent gender
Receives Care From: | Care receiver (from one or more people) and Receives Care From: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Care Receiver from One Person | Care Receiver from Two or More People | Reciprocal care spouse | Care chain | Compound care chain | ||||||
Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
N = 707a | N = 827a | N = 679a | N = 1073a | N = 81a | N = 46a | N = 187a | N = 326a | N = 671a | N = 1322a | |
Number of people receiving care from | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 (2.00 4.00) | 3.00 (2.00 5.00) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 (2.00 4.00) | 3.00 (2.00 5.00) |
Number of people receiving care from | ||||||||||
1 | 707 (100%) | 827 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 81 (100%) | 46 (100%) | 187 (100%) | 326 (100%) | 144 (21%) | 222 (17%) |
2 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 257 (38%) | 402 (37%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 179 (27%) | 338 (26%) |
3 + | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 422 (62%) | 671 (63%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 348 (52%) | 762 (58%) |
Hours per week received | 4.00 (2.00 14.00) | 4.00 (2.00 14.00) | 5.00 (2.00 14.00) | 5.00 (2.00 14.00) | 5.00 (2.00 14.00) | 11.00 (4.00 20.50) | 3.00 (1.00 10.00) | 4.00 (2.00 14.00) | 4.00 (2.00 11.00) | 4.00 (2.00 12.00) |
Hours per week received (by most) | 4.00 (1.00 12.00) | 3.00 (2.00 10.00) | 4.00 (2.00 12.00) | 4.00 (2.00 10.00) | 4.00 (1.00 10.00) | 7.00 (2.00 14.00) | 3.00 (1.00 7.00) | 4.00 (2.00 10.00) | 3.00 (2.00 10.00) | 4.00 (2.00 10.00) |
Weeks per year received | 4.00 (1.00 16.00) | 6.00 (1.00 52.00) | 6.00 (2.00 29.00) | 10.00 (3.00 52.00) | 3.00 (1.00 10.00) | 4.00 (1.00 12.00) | 3.00 (1.00 10.50) | 3.00 (1.00 18.00) | 4.00 (2.00 18.00) | 4.00 (2.00 22.00) |
Weeks per year received (by most) | 4.00 (1.00 16.00) | 6.00 (1.00 52.00) | 6.00 (2.00 35.00) | 10.00 (3.00 52.00) | 3.00 (1.00 10.00) | 4.00 (1.00 12.00) | 3.00 (1.00 11.00) | 3.00 (1.00 18.00) | 4.00 (2.00 20.00) | 4.00 (2.00 24.00) |
Activities of care | ||||||||||
Personal care received | 164 (23%) | 153 (19%) | 157 (23%) | 233 (22%) | 31 (38%) | 11 (24%) | 31 (17%) | 66 (20%) | 145 (22%) | 279 (21%) |
Medical care received | 173 (24%) | 87 (11%) | 137 (20%) | 147 (14%) | 16 (20%) | 8 (17%) | 30 (16%) | 33 (10%) | 124 (18%) | 195 (15%) |
Managing care received | 88 (12%) | 50 (6.0%) | 105 (15%) | 97 (9.0%) | 8 (9.9%) | 2 (4.3%) | 11 (5.9%) | 8 (2.5%) | 96 (14%) | 89 (6.7%) |
House activities care received | 368 (52%) | 550 (67%) | 509 (75%) | 786 (73%) | 45 (56%) | 38 (83%) | 103 (55%) | 213 (65%) | 480 (72%) | 955 (72%) |
Transportation received | 438 (62%) | 474 (57%) | 445 (66%) | 773 (72%) | 48 (59%) | 32 (70%) | 99 (53%) | 165 (51%) | 384 (57%) | 818 (62%) |
Meal preparation care received | 281 (40%) | 375 (45%) | 291 (43%) | 563 (52%) | 37 (46%) | 33 (72%) | 56 (30%) | 149 (46%) | 274 (41%) | 694 (52%) |
Other assistance received | 7 (1.0%) | 6 (0.7%) | 5 (0.7%) | 6 (0.6%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.1%) | 5 (1.5%) | 6 (0.9%) | 9 (0.7%) |
Most care activity received | ||||||||||
Personal care | 64 (9.1%) | 43 (5.2%) | 50 (7.4%) | 71 (6.6%) | 11 (14%) | 4 (8.7%) | 12 (6.4%) | 22 (6.7%) | 42 (6.3%) | 58 (4.4%) |
Medical care | 60 (8.5%) | 15 (1.8%) | 20 (2.9%) | 12 (1.1%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (3.2%) | 9 (2.8%) | 12 (1.8%) | 31 (2.3%) |
Managing care | 6 (0.8%) | 5 (0.6%) | 3 (0.4%) | 1 (< 0.1%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (1.0%) | 5 (0.4%) |
Housework | 119 (17%) | 214 (26%) | 198 (29%) | 293 (27%) | 8 (9.9%) | 6 (13%) | 35 (19%) | 82 (25%) | 200 (30%) | 366 (28%) |
Transportation | 129 (18%) | 156 (19%) | 177 (26%) | 273 (25%) | 15 (19%) | 10 (22%) | 38 (20%) | 46 (14%) | 141 (21%) | 261 (20%) |
Meal preparation or delivery | 107 (15%) | 152 (18%) | 105 (15%) | 214 (20%) | 21 (26%) | 18 (39%) | 24 (13%) | 60 (18%) | 114 (17%) | 289 (22%) |
Other | 15 (2.1%) | 8 (1.0%) | 15 (2.2%) | 32 (3.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.6%) | 10 (3.1%) | 15 (2.2%) | 40 (3.0%) |
Living arrangement of the primary caregiver | ||||||||||
Living in their household | 477 (67%) | 461 (56%) | 361 (53%) | 470 (44%) | 80 (99%) | 45 (98%) | 101 (54%) | 177 (54%) | 365 (54%) | 557 (42%) |
Living outside their household | 215 (30%) | 357 (43%) | 311 (46%) | 586 (55%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (2.2%) | 86 (46%) | 149 (46%) | 301 (45%) | 746 (56%) |
Relationship to the primary caregiver | ||||||||||
Spouse | 461 (65%) | 378 (46%) | 322 (47%) | 332 (31%) | 81 (100%) | 46 (100%) | 90 (48%) | 133 (41%) | 315 (47%) | 440 (33%) |
Parent | 13 (1.8%) | 7 (0.8%) | 21 (3.1%) | 31 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (2.7%) | 9 (2.8%) | 13 (1.9%) | 54 (4.1%) |
Child | 59 (8.3%) | 201 (24%) | 100 (15%) | 323 (30%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 31 (17%) | 72 (22%) | 113 (17%) | 310 (23%) |
Sibling | 27 (3.8%) | 53 (6.4%) | 46 (6.8%) | 70 (6.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 14 (7.5%) | 27 (8.3%) | 30 (4.5%) | 93 (7.0%) |
Other relative | 27 (3.8%) | 38 (4.6%) | 32 (4.7%) | 42 (3.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (3.7%) | 18 (5.5%) | 20 (3.0%) | 58 (4.4%) |
Friend | 57 (8.1%) | 80 (9.7%) | 74 (11%) | 169 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (9.6%) | 41 (13%) | 98 (15%) | 247 (19%) |
Other | 37 (5.2%) | 49 (5.9%) | 60 (8.8%) | 54 (5.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (12%) | 24 (7.4%) | 60 (8.9%) | 73 (5.5%) |
Gender of primary caregiver | ||||||||||
Men | 119 (17%) | 521 (63%) | 198 (29%) | 533 (50%) | 1 (1.2%) | 45 (98%) | 57 (30%) | 197 (60%) | 205 (31%) | 705 (53%) |
Women | 574 (81%) | 298 (36%) | 468 (69%) | 510 (48%) | 80 (99%) | 1 (2.2%) | 130 (70%) | 129 (40%) | 455 (68%) | 592 (45%) |