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Table 1 Caregiver type of married and widowed community-dwelling Chinese older adults with ADL disability

From: Association between primary caregiver type and mortality among Chinese older adults with disability: a prospective cohort study

 

Married (N = 360)

Widowed (N = 3918)

Total (N = 4278)

 

Count ()

 

Spouse

182 (50.6)

–

182

Son or daughter-in-law

106 (29.4)

2430 (62.0)

2536

Daughter or son-in-law

47 (13.1)

852 (21.8)

899

Grandchildren

9 (2.5)

397 (10.1)

406

Domestic helper

16 (4.4)

239 (6.1)

255

  1. Note: Other caregiver types (including other relatives, neighbors, social services, and nobody) were excluded due to small sample sizes
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BMC Geriatrics

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