Characterizing Employees with Primary and Secondary Caregiving Responsibilities: Informal Care Provision in Malaysia

Autor: Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Ching Sin Siau, Jyh Eiin Wong, Noorazrul Yahya, Nor Aniza Azmi, Shin Ying Chu, Mahadir Ahmad, Agnes Shu Sze Chong, Lei Hum Wee, Jo Pei Tan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Healthcare, Vol 11, Iss 14, p 2033 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-9032
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11142033
Popis: 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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