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Table 2 Actor and partner effects of socioeconomic position on subjective and objective caregiver burden: Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) from logistic regressions

From: Social inequalities in the burden of care: a dyadic analysis in the caregiving partners of persons with a physical disability

 

High subjective caregiver burden

(ZBI-s ≥ 12)

High objective caregiver burden

(≥3 h of daily caregiving)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Actor effects

 Net-equivalent household income

  Per CHF 1000

0.93 (0.69–1.26)

0.94 (0.66–1.34)

0.96 (0.71–1.29)

0.88 (0.61–1.28)

 Years of formal education

  Per year

0.89 (0.74–0.98)*

0.94 (0.79–1.12)

0.84 (0.71–0.99)*

0.88 (0.73–1.00)*

 Subjective social position

 

  0–10

0.71 (0.52–0.96)*

0.66 (0.48–0.92)*

0.92 (0.70–1.20)

0.90 (0.67–1.22)

 Financial strain

  No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Yes

2.08 (0.81–5.31)

2.34 (0.86–6.39)

2.20 (1.01–4.80)*

2.51 (1.05–6.02)*

 Home ownership

  No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Yes

0.26 (0.10–0.67)**

0.17 (0.05–0.53)**

1.11 (0.43–2.85)

0.87 (0.29–2.62)

Partner effects

 Net-equivalent household income

  Per CHF 1000

0.84 (0.61–1.15)

0.87 (0.59–1.27)

0.99 (0.76–1.30)

1.15 (0.82–1.62)

 Years of formal education

  Per year

0.92 (0.79–1.07)

0.96 (0.81–1.14)

0.82 (0.71–0.94)**

0.84 (0.72–0.97)*

 Subjective social position

  0–10

0.87 (0.67–1.12)

1.00 (0.73–1.38)

0.89 (0.72–1.10)

1.20 (0.90–1.59)

 Financial strain

  No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Yes

1.23 (0.46–3.23)

0.82 (0.28–2.42)

1.84 (0.84–4.04)

0.99 (0.40–2.49)

 Home ownership

  No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Yes

0.26 (0.10–0.67)**

0.19 (0.06–0.58)**

0.98 (0.44–2.17)

0.91 (0.34–2.47)

  1. Model 1: Unadjusted; Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, employment status and lesion characteristics of partner with SCI.
  2. Abbreviations: CHF Swiss Francs, ZBI-s Zarit Burden Interview-short form
  3. *p<0.05; **p<0.01