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Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia
There is a need to determine the extent to which Malaysian employees reconcile both paid employment and informal care provision. We examined data from the Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace via AIA Vitality Online Survey 2019 (N = 17,286). A multivariate multinomial regression was conducted to examine...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142033 |
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author | Chan, Caryn Mei Hsien Siau, Ching Sin Wong, Jyh Eiin Yahya, Noorazrul Azmi, Nor Aniza Chu, Shin Ying Ahmad, Mahadir Chong, Agnes Shu Sze Wee, Lei Hum Tan, Jo Pei |
author_facet | Chan, Caryn Mei Hsien Siau, Ching Sin Wong, Jyh Eiin Yahya, Noorazrul Azmi, Nor Aniza Chu, Shin Ying Ahmad, Mahadir Chong, Agnes Shu Sze Wee, Lei Hum Tan, Jo Pei |
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description | There is a need to determine the extent to which Malaysian employees reconcile both paid employment and informal care provision. We examined data from the Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace via AIA Vitality Online Survey 2019 (N = 17,286). A multivariate multinomial regression was conducted to examine characteristics for the following groups: primary caregiver of a child or disabled child, primary caregiver of a disabled adult or elderly individual, primary caregiver for both children and elderly, as well as secondary caregivers. Respondent mean age ± SD was 34.76 ± 9.31, with 49.6% (n = 8573), identifying as either a primary or secondary caregiver to at least one child under 18 years, an elderly individual, or both. Males (n = 6957; 40.2%) had higher odds of being primary caregivers to children (OR 2.06; 95% CI 1.85–2.30), elderly (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.09–1.41) and both children and elderly (OR 1.87; 95% CI 1.57–2.22). However, males were less likely to be secondary caregivers than females (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.53–0.71). Our results highlight the differences in characteristics of employees engaged in informal care provision, and to a lesser degree, the extent to which mid-life individual employees are sandwiched into caring for children and/or the elderly. |
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spelling | pubmed-103793802023-07-29 Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia Chan, Caryn Mei Hsien Siau, Ching Sin Wong, Jyh Eiin Yahya, Noorazrul Azmi, Nor Aniza Chu, Shin Ying Ahmad, Mahadir Chong, Agnes Shu Sze Wee, Lei Hum Tan, Jo Pei Healthcare (Basel) Article There is a need to determine the extent to which Malaysian employees reconcile both paid employment and informal care provision. We examined data from the Malaysia’s Healthiest Workplace via AIA Vitality Online Survey 2019 (N = 17,286). A multivariate multinomial regression was conducted to examine characteristics for the following groups: primary caregiver of a child or disabled child, primary caregiver of a disabled adult or elderly individual, primary caregiver for both children and elderly, as well as secondary caregivers. Respondent mean age ± SD was 34.76 ± 9.31, with 49.6% (n = 8573), identifying as either a primary or secondary caregiver to at least one child under 18 years, an elderly individual, or both. Males (n = 6957; 40.2%) had higher odds of being primary caregivers to children (OR 2.06; 95% CI 1.85–2.30), elderly (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.09–1.41) and both children and elderly (OR 1.87; 95% CI 1.57–2.22). However, males were less likely to be secondary caregivers than females (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.53–0.71). Our results highlight the differences in characteristics of employees engaged in informal care provision, and to a lesser degree, the extent to which mid-life individual employees are sandwiched into caring for children and/or the elderly. MDPI 2023-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10379380/ /pubmed/37510474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142033 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chan, Caryn Mei Hsien Siau, Ching Sin Wong, Jyh Eiin Yahya, Noorazrul Azmi, Nor Aniza Chu, Shin Ying Ahmad, Mahadir Chong, Agnes Shu Sze Wee, Lei Hum Tan, Jo Pei Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title | Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title_full | Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title_fullStr | Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title_short | Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia |
title_sort | characterizing employees with primary and secondary caregiving responsibilities: informal care provision in malaysia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10379380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142033 |
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