Table 2 Selected characteristics of analysis samples

From: A role for genes in the ‘caregiver stress process’?

Characteristica

Development sample

Testing samples

Daughters

Sons

Age (mean ± sd)

74.0 ± 8.9

62.2 ± 5.8

61.9 ± 5.6

Mother needs care (%)

b

44.9

43.2

Child provides care to mother (%)

b

14.6

6.6

 Low-intensity care (%)

b

6.8

3.9

 High-intensity care (%)

b

7.8

2.7

Father needs care (%)

b

14.9

15.3

Child provides care to father (%)

b

3.4

2.3

 Low-intensity care (%)

b

1.7

1.5

 High-intensity care (%)

b

1.7

0.8

PRS (mean ± sd)

c

0.55 ± 0.20

0.56 ± 0.20

PRS missing (%)

c

1.5

1.9

Spouse died (%)

3.5

1.5

0.6

Job loss (%)

1.8

3.0

4.3

ADL disability count (mean ± sd)

0.26 ± 0.73

0.19 ± 0.66

0.12 ± 0.52

Has spouse (%)

49.8

61.7

81.0

Spouse’s job loss (%)

0.8

2.5

2.0

Spouse’s ADL disability count (mean ± sd)

0.12 ± 0.54

0.11 ± 0.52

0.12 ± 0.52

Number of individuals

4668

1712

1491

Number of occasions

29967

6470

5497

  1. PRS polygenic risk score, ADL activities of daily living
  2. aAll sample characteristics computed using data pooled over all measurement occasions
  3. bIndividuals in development sample have no living parents
  4. cPRS not computed in development sample