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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by caregiver status 2009

From: Physical and mental health among caregivers: findings from a cross-sectional study of Open University students in Thailand

Participant characteristics

Participants% (n=60569)

Caregiver status

Non-caregiver

Part-time caregiver

Full-time caregiver

Unknown status

(n=39350)

(n=16436)

(n=3909)

(n=874)

Demographic characteristics

Sex

  Male

45.3 (27407)

43.8

47.5

48.4

54.3

  Female

54.8 (33162)

56.2

52.5

51.6

45.8

Age (year)

  20-29

27.4 (16591)

29.7

24.5

18.0

21.4

  30-44

56.9 (34455)

56.5

57.4

59.0

57.6

  45+

15.7 (9523)

13.9

18.2

23.0

21.0

Marital status

  Married

55.3 (30490)

54.0

55.8

65.6

55.9

  Never married

37.9 (20927)

39.3

34.5

26.1

36.0

  Separated, divorced, widowed

6.8 (3768)

6.7

6.7

8.3

8.2

Socio-geographic characteristics

Household monthly income (Baht)*

  <10,000

18.8 (11004)

17.9

20.2

20.8

24.7

  10,000-19,999

22.4 (13129)

23.4

21.0

18.9

24.0

  20,000-30,000

35.7 (20891)

36.3

35.1

33.3

31.6

  >30,000

23.1 (13513)

22.5

23.8

27.0

19.7

Work status

  Doing paid work

73.2 (44332)

74.9

71.1

66.5

63.4

  Unpaid family workers

7.3 (4405)

6.6

7.9

11.4

6.9

  Seeking work

2.2 (1334)

2.1

2.3

2.6

2.3

  Others

17.3 (10498)

16.3

18.7

19.5

27.5

Geographical residence

  Rural residence

44.0 (26052)

41.4

48.2

51.7

48.2

  Urban residence

56.0 (33144)

58.6

51.9

48.3

51.8

Health covariates

  Regular smokers - yes

7.7 (4659)

7.3

8.4

8.0

10.3

  Regular alcohol drinkers - yes

13.7 (8269)

13.0

14.2

15.5

23.5

Body Mass Index

  Underweight

9.5 (5645)

10.1

8.8

6.9

8.4

  Normal

49.5 (29406)

50.0

49.0

47.9

46.3

  Overweight at risk

18.8 (11159)

18.3

19.6

19.1

23.4

  Obese

22.1 (13148)

21.6

22.6

26.1

21.9

  1. *1 $US ~ 35 Thai Baht.