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Table A.1
Percent of caregivers who experienced social and economic consequences, by select characteristics

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	Extra expenses	Absence from work	Cancel holiday plans	Reduction of social activities	Reduction of family time
	Type of consequences
	percentage
Caregiving factors
Distance from care receiver
Same neighbourhood (30 minutes by foot or bus)†	30	28	23	40	24
Surrounding neighbourhood or community (less than one hour by car)	40*	30	25	41	23
Between one hour and less than a half day’s journey by car	49*	36*	23	43	30
More than a half day’s journey by car	62*	40*	27	40	24^E
Moved in with the care receiving parent
Yes	73*	74*	59*	77*	73*
No†	37	30	23	40	24
Number of hours allocated per week to caregiving
Four or fewer hours†	31	23	13	29	17
5 to 9 hours	41*	35*	33*	49*	28*
10 to 14 hours	48*	42*	38*	60*	51*
15 or more hours	60*	62*	50*	70*	54*
Number of caregiving activities performed
One to two†	26	19	12	24	13
Three to four	41*	34*	26*	48*	28*
Five to six	61*	57*	50*	67*	53*
Total number of care recipients
One†	35	29	21	37	20
Two	40*	32	26*	43*	29*
Three or more	51*	40*	35*	55*	36*
Type of problem of the parent receiving care
Physical or mental†	35	29	22	36	22
Physical and mental	50*	37*	31*	56*	37*
Other	21^E*	23^E	F	21^E*	F
Death of care receiver
Deceased	48*	41*	44*	56*	39*
Not deceased†	37	30	22	39	24
Professional help with caregiving (government or paid employee)
No help†	35	28	22	38	24
Fewer than 5 hours per week	40	34	27	43	24
More than 5 hours per week	49*	40*	31*	54*	34*
Type of dwelling occupied by parent
Private household†	36	30	23	40	25
Supervised dwelling	50*	36	23	44	24
Institution	38	32	25	40	24
Caregiver characteristics
Gender
Men†	36	26	19	35	18
Women	40	36*	27*	45*	31*
Education level
University	46*	33*	27*	45*	28*
Other postsecondary	38*	32	23	41*	26*
High school diploma or less†	29	27	21	34	19
Employment status and flexibility of work arrangements
Paid employment with low flexibility†	38	29	23	44	29
Paid employment with high flexibility	36	31	23	42	26
Self-employed	42	34	21	35*	24
Retired	40	...	27	40	14^E*
Without paid employment	34	...	25	36*	29
Presence of children in the home
None†	39	33	26	41	18
One or more	37	30	21*	41	30*
Number of siblings still living
One or none†	40	36	26	40	22
2 or 3	39	30	24	43	30*
4 or more	35	29*	21	38	21
† reference group * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2007.

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Table A.1 Percent of caregivers who experienced social and economic consequences, by select characteristics

Table A.1
Percent of caregivers who experienced social and economic consequences, by select characteristics