Table 1 Descriptive statistics
From: Investigating the causal relationship between employment and informal caregiving of the elderly
Variables | Description of variables | N (%) |
|---|---|---|
Caring variables | ||
 Carer | 1 if engaged in informal caring duties, 0 if not caring | 1394 (6) |
 < 15 h/week | 1 if caring for less than 15 h per week, 0 if not caring | 798 (4) |
 > 15 h/week | 1 if caring for more than 15 h per week, 0 if not caring | 539 (3) |
 Care 15 h | 1 if caring for more than 15 h per week, 0 if caring for less than 15 h per week | 596 (43) |
Employment status | ||
 Employed | 1 if employed, 0 otherwise | 10,447 (50) |
 Unemployed | 1 if unemployed, 0 otherwise | 1741 (8) |
Personal characteristics | ||
 Female | 1 if female, 0 if male | 12,360 (58) |
 Under 25 | 1 if under 25 years old, 0 otherwise | 3353 (16) |
 Age 25–44 | 1 if between 25 and 44 years old, 0 otherwise | 8714 (42) |
 Age 45–64 | 1 if between 45 and 64 years old, 0 otherwise | 6122 (29) |
 Over 65 | 1 if over 65 years old, 0 otherwise | 2775 (13) |
Education level | ||
 Primary | 1 if primary school level only completed, 0 otherwise | 4332 (21) |
 Second level | 1 if secondary school level completed, 0 otherwise | 7509 (36) |
 Post sec | 1 if post-secondary/third level education completed, 0 otherwise | 9123 (43) |
Marital status | ||
 Never married | 1 if single/never married, 0 otherwise | 6663 (32) |
 Married | 1 if married, 0 otherwise | 11,314 (54) |
 Widowed | 1 if widowed, 0 otherwise | 1652 (8) |
 Divorced | 1 if divorced, 0 otherwise | 466 (2) |
 Separated | 1 if separated, 0 otherwise | 868 (4) |
Region in Ireland | ||
 Border | 1 if living in the Border region, 0 otherwise | 2263 (11) |
 Mideast | 1 if living in the Mideast, 0 otherwise | 2219 (11) |
 Midland | 1 if living in the Midlands, 0 otherwise | 1108 (5) |
 Midwest | 1 if living in the Midwest, 0 otherwise | 2079 (10) |
 Southeast | 1 if living in the Southeast, 0 otherwise | 2353 (11) |
 Southwest | 1 if living in the Southwest, 0 otherwise | 3842 (18) |
 West | 1 if living in the West, 0 otherwise | 2036 (10) |
 Dublin | 1 if living in Dublin, 0 otherwise | 5064 (24) |