Employment status of caregiver | Amount spent ($) in a month to support client and family (A) | Amount spent in a month to take care of himself/herself during visits (B) | Amount spent ($) on transport in a month to give care (C) | Total explicit cost ($) (D) = A +B+C | Opportunity cost ($) of providing care by caregivers (E) | Total cost ($) of care giving on caregivers (D+E) | |
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Employed | Mean | 46.02 | 26.23 | 18.91 | 91.16 | 47.33 | 138.5 |
N | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | |
Std. error | 6.86 | 14.08 | 13.39 | 14.6 | 17.28 | 32.38 | |
Unemployed | Mean | 42.31 | 7.49 | 7.63 | 57.43 | 18.6 | 76.03 |
N | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 130 | |
Std. error | 4.73 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 4.8 | 1.85 | 5.53 | |
Total | Mean | 43.16 | 11.82 | 10.24 | 65.22 | 25.23 | 90.45 |
N | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 | |
Std. error | 3.96 | 3.44 | 3.52 | 7.82 | 4.3 | 9.08 |