Informal care relationships and residential aged care recommendations: evidence from administrative data

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Carer, Demographic and Health Characteristics by Gender and ACAP Recommendation (%)

	Males (%)			Females (%)
	Private	Residential		Private	Residential
Carer Residence & Relationship
No carer	14.1	15.3	***	16.0	12.6	***
Partner - cores	50.9	41.1	***	22.0	16.4	***
Partner - non cores	0.6	0.7		0.3	0.2
Parent - cores	0.1	0.1		0.0	0.0
Parent - non cores	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
Child - cores	6.7	6.8		13.4	13.3
Child - non cores	19.2	24.0	***	38.2	43.6	***
Child In Law - cores	0.3	0.3		0.4	0.5
Child in Law - non cores	0.6	0.8	***	1.6	1.9	***
Other relative - cores	0.9	1.2	***	1.2	1.4	***
Other relative - non cores	2.9	5.1	***	3.9	6.2	***
Friend - cores	1.0	1.0		0.6	0.6
Friend - non cores	2.6	3.7	***	2.4	3.1	***
Cultural Identity
Australian Born	62.9	66.1	***	66.5	71.3	***
Indigenous	0.9	0.7	**	0.9	0.8	***
Born Overseas	36.2	33.1	***	32.6	27.9	***
Age
65–74	18.7	15.6	***	16.1	10.5	***
75–84	46.5	42.1	***	44.7	37.8	***
85+	34.8	42.3	***	39.2	51.7	***
Assistance Needs
Self	65.2	88.3	***	61.6	86.1	***
Move	20.7	46.8	***	18.4	40.1	***
Moving	53.4	75.1	***	54.7	73.9	***
Communication	15.9	29.8	***	11.4	24.4	***
Health	78.5	92.9	***	73.5	90.3	***
Transport	84.0	95.3	***	90.2	97.1	***
Social	82.1	92.8	***	84.9	94.1	***
Domestic	96.1	95.3	***	95.0	95.5	***
Meals	88.1	93.6	***	78.2	91.8	***
Home	82.0	80.6	***	82.5	81.1	***
Other	5.4	6.0	***	5.7	6.6	***
Number of ICD Conditions
0	0.2	0.1	***	0.2	0.0	***
1–3	20.6	16.7	***	19.7	15.7	***
4–6	62.7	65.4	***	63.6	65.8	***
7+	16.6	17.8	***	16.6	18.4	***

Notes: cores – coresidence. *** p < 0.001 ** p < 0.01 * p < 0.05; cores – co-resident; ICD International Classification of Diseases

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