Who is responsible for providing care? Investigating the role of care tasks and past experiences in a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands

Table 1 Background characteristics, health and informal care characteristics of study sample and the willingness to provide informal care in the future (n = 1097)

Background characteristics
Age (mean. SD)		56.3 (17.2)
Gender (%)	female	52%
Gender (%)	male	48%
Educational level	low	18%
	middle	54%
	high	28%
Marital status	married/reg. Partner	62%
	divorced/widowed	15%
	never been married	23%
Income	low	31%
	middle	36%
	high	33%
Employment status	fulltime	25%
	part-time	23%
	no paid work position	52%
Experienced health
Subjective health	(very) good/excellent	83%
Subjective health	moderate/bad	17%
Level of physical disability	No	61%
	Mild	20%
	Moderate/Severe	19%
Informal care situation
Informal caregiver at present (yes)		28%
Relationship between caregiver and care recipient^b	Partner	16%
	Parent	31%
	Parent(−in-law)	11%
	Brother/sister	6%
	Child	8%
	Other family	12%
	Friend	9%
	Neighbor	20%
	Acquaintance	19%
Willing to provide informal care in the future
Willing to provide care	Yes^a	67%
Types of care wiling to provide^c:	Personal care	40%
	Assistance with taking medication	61%
	Nursing care	25%
	Household activities	68%
	Support with administrative tasks	72%
	Support with visits	78%
	Emotional support	83%
	Supervision	79%

^aIncludes respondents that chose answering category ‘Yes, to someone inside my own household’ and/or ‘Yes, to someone outside my own household’ (Respondents could choose more than one answering category)
^bOnly respondents who are informal caregivers at present. Percentages sum up to over 100% as some caregivers lend care to more than one care recipient
^cOnly respondents who are willing to provide care in the future. Percentages sum up to over 100% as respondents could choose more than one care task they would be willing to provide in the future

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