Caregiver attributes and socio-demographic determinants of caregiving burden in selected low-income communities in cape town, South Africa

Table 5 Pearson’s correlations for the determinants of caregiver burden

		Caregiver burden	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Background and Context
1	Age	.179*	–
2	Level of education	.014	−.259**	–
3	Income status	.149*	.314**	−.107	–
4	Marital status	.013	.336**	−.060	.065	–
5	Population group	−.294**	−.497**	.243**	−.724**	.041	–
6	Employment status	−.190**	.029	−.008	−.559**	.101	.492**	–
Stressors
7	Duration of care	−.097	.028	.113	−.429**	.212**	.521**	.448**	–
8	Number of hours of care	−.248**	−.410**	.154*	−.730**	.022	.912**	.505**	.605**	–
9	ADLs	.153*	.129	−.059	.240**	.097	−.160*	−.067	−.016	−.102	–
10	IADLs	−.015	−.063	−.026	−.143*	−.045	.156*	.026	−.015	.144*	.006	–
11	Chronic diseases	.172*	.323**	−.150*	−.056	.239**	.061	.236**	.233**	.099	.008	.053	–
12	Diarrhoea	−.111	−.126	.158*	−.143*	−.088	.202**	.120	.133	.147*	−.060	.032	−.097	–
Stressor mediators
13	Family support	−.094	−.257**	.178*	−.284**	−.046	.396**	.148*	.153*	.362**	−.055	.069	.047	−.088	–
14	Social grants	.453**	.441**	−.185**	.296**	.133	−.438**	−.124	−.056	−.342**	.144*	−.064	.164*	−.105	−.184**	–
15	Coping strategies	−.100	−.059	−.008	.071	.156*	.034	−.010	.012	.030	−.058	.077	−.007	.035	−.004	−.035	–
Environmental health
16	Kitchen hygiene	.206**	.234**	−.120	.236**	−.007	−.410**	−.276**	−.195**	−.372**	−.009	−.191**	−.037	−.015	−.105	.252**	−.048	–
17	Care recipients’ physical health status	.459**	.220**	−.011	.222**	.124	−.267**	−.095	−.095	−.223**	.120	.004	.149*	−.075	−.163*	.491**	.073	.022	–

ADLs Activities of daily living, IADLs Instrumental activities of daily living; *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01

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