Psychological distress and mental health of Thai caregivers

Psychology of Well-Being

Theory, Research and Practice

Table 1 Characteristics of cohort members by caregiver status, Thai Cohort Study 2009

Cohort characteristics N = 60,569	Overall	Caregiver status (column %)
		Non-caregiver 65.9%	Part-time caregiver 27.5%	Full-time caregiver 6.6%
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	45.3	43.8	47.5	48.4
Female	54.8	56.2	52.5	51.6
Age (year)
20-29	27.4	29.7	24.5	18.0
30-39	42.6	43.4	41.6	38.5
40+	30.0	26.9	33.9	43.5
Marital status
Married	55.3	54.0	55.8	65.6
Never married	37.9	39.3	34.5	26.1
Separated, divorced, widowed	6.8	6.7	6.7	8.3
Socio-geographic characteristics
Household monthly income (Baht) *
<10,000	18.8	17.9	20.2	20.8
10,000-19,999	22.4	23.4	21.0	18.9
20,000-30,000	35.7	36.3	35.1	33.3
>30,000	23.1	22.5	23.8	27.0
Work status
Doing paid work	73.2	74.9	71.1	66.5
Unpaid family workers	7.3	6.6	7.9	11.4
Seeking work	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.6
Others	17.3	16.3	18.7	19.5
Geographical residence
Rural residence	44.0	41.4	48.2	51.7
Urban residence	56.0	58.6	51.9	48.3
Health covariates
Regular smokers - yes	7.7	7.3	8.4	8.0
Regular alcohol drinkers - yes	13.7	13.0	14.2	15.5
Social contacts
Colleagues:
Every week	21.3	20.4	23.0	22.4
Once or twice per month	22.6	22.4	23.8	19.5
Rarely or never	56.2	57.2	53.2	58.1
Neighbours:
Every week	8.9	8.8	9.3	9.4
Once or twice per month	14.1	14.0	14.7	13.0
Rarely or never	77.0	77.3	76.1	77.7
Friends:
Every week	16.2	15.0	17.8	20.8
Once or twice per month	14.5	13.7	16.0	16.4
Rarely or never	69.3	71.3	66.2	62.8