Cuidadoras de personas mayores: sobrecargadas y mal pagadas: evidencia de una encuesta del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. Version 1: junio 2024

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• Beatrice Fabiani Marco Stampini Natalia Aranco Fiorella Benedetti Pablo Ibarrarán 1
• 1. 5 3
• 2. 8 3
• 3. 11 3
• 4. 16 3
• 5. 18 3
• 6. 20 3
• 7. 23 3
• 8. 27 3
• 9. 32 3
• 11. 36 3
• Content 3
• Annex 2 65 4
• Annex 4 73 4
• Annex 5 75 4
• Annex 6 77 4
• Annex 7 80 4
• Foreword 5
• Executive Summary 6
• Objective and novelty of the live survey 8
• The sample so far the first 27 thousand observations November 2023May 2024 11
• Caregiving brings satisfaction but at what cost 14
• Caregivers have huge gaps in training 19
• Long-term care work is informal and poorly paid 21
• Differences in wellbeing training and working conditions across genders and ethnic groups 23
• Care recipients the other gender dimension of long-term care 26
• Training increases caregivers wellbeing and earnings 30
• Caveats and limitations 35
• 10. 37
• What are the public policy implications 37
• 11. 39
• Next steps 39
• References 40
• Annex 1 47
• Results from selected subsamples 47
• Annex 2 68
• Methodology 68
• Annex 3 69
• Questionnaire 69
• Annex 4 76
• Gaps in knowledge about caregivers in Latin America and the Caribbean 76
• Annex 5 78
• Comparing existing estimates of depression with our sample 78
• Annex 6 80
• Regression mode 80
• Annex 7 83
• Comparison of basic characteristics of our sample with data from time-use labor force and household surveys 83