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Table 2
Selected characteristics of informal caregivers of household population aged 45 or older with dementia, by relationship to care recipient, Canada excluding territories, 2011 Table 2
Selected characteristics of informal caregivers of household population aged 45 or older with dementia, by relationship to care recipient, Canada excluding territories, 2011

Table 2
Selected characteristics of informal caregivers of household population aged 45 or older with dementia, by relationship to care recipient, Canada excluding territories, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of informal caregivers of household population aged 45 or older with dementia. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Relationship to care recipient, Spouse (married, common-law, same-sex partner, ex-spouse) , Son or daughter, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Relationship to care recipient
	Spouse (married, common-law, same-sex partner, ex-spouse)			Son or daughter
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to
Total	46.4	37.9	55.2	44.3	35.4	53.5
Mean age (years)	74.2^Note †	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	54.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Sex
Male	41.7	31.5	52.5	28.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.4	43.0
Female	58.3	47.5	68.5	71.5^Note ‡	57.0	82.6
Lives in same household	98.6^Note †	95.9	99.6	71.1	57.2	81.9
Provides daily care	96.6^Note †	89.1	99.0	77.1	63.6	86.7
Employment status
Full-time	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	43.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	29.5	59.0
Part-time	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	16.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.4	29.4
Not employed	85.5^Note †	76.3	91.5	40.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.1	55.6
Reduced hours or stopped work for 3 or more months^Note §	67.5^Note †	47.9	82.4	35.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	20.1	54.2
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † significantly different from son or daughter (p < 0.05) Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly different from males (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note § among caregivers currently employed or who had worked in past and provided assistance while working Return to note § referrer Source: 2011 Survey on Living with Neurological Conditions in Canada.

Date modified:: 2017-07-12