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Global Health Econ Sustain Elderly people with dementia

Table 1. Caregiver attributes
Attributes Hong Kong (N=164) Japan (N=166) Singapore (N=233) Statistical comparisons
n % n % N % χ2 df p
Primary caregiver 8.359 2 0.015*
Yes 151 92.6 149 90.3 195 83.7
No 12 7.4 16 9.7 38 16.3
Gender 3.276 2 0.194
Male 36 22.0 43 25.9 70 30.0
Female 128 78.0 123 74.1 163 70.0
Ethnicity 578.561 8 0.000***
Chinese 164 100.0 0 0.0 218 93.6
Malaysian 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 2.6
Indian 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.1
Filipino 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Japanese 0 0.0 166 100.0 0 0.0
Others 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.7
Relationship with PWD 248.614 6 0.000***
Spouse 26 16.0 43 26.1 0 0.0
Son/Daughter 124 76.1 77 46.7 56 24.3
Son/Daughter-in-law 8 4.9 25 15.2 151 65.7
Others 5 3.1 20 12.1 23 10.0
Education level 69.465 6 0.000***
No schooling/pre-primary 2 1.2 0 0.0 14 6.0
Primary 21 12.8 0 0.0 41 17.6
Secondary 71 43.3 119 72.1 93 39.9
Tertiary 70 42.7 46 27.9 85 36.5
Marital Status 36.536 6 0.000***
Single 54 32.9 14 8.4 71 30.5
Married 99 60.4 135 81.3 151 64.8
Divorced 6 3.7 9 5.4 4 1.7
Widowed 5 3.0 8 4.8 7 3.0
Employment status 93.181 8 0.000***
Unemployed 22 13.4 52 31.7 63 27.0
Employed-Full Time 60 36.6 55 33.5 131 56.2
Employed-Part Time 21 12.8 14 8.5 26 11.2
Employed-Casual 2 1.2 10 6.1 5 2.1
Retired 59 36.0 33 20.1 8 3.4
Monthly income (HK$) 47.442 14 0.000***
Nil 29 17.7 32 20.1 76 32.6
<2000 9 5.5 9 5.7 13 5.6
2000–3999 15 9.1 11 6.9 18 7.7
4000–5999 6 3.7 22 13.8 12 5.2
6000–7999 8 4.9 13 8.2 16 6.9
8000–9999 6 3.7 13 8.2 10 4.3
10000–19999 48 29.3 44 27.7 45 19.3
More than 20000 43 26.2 15 9.4 43 18.5
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Volume 2 Issue 1 (2024) 5 https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.1954