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Epidemiological research has not yet examined the implications of these trends for burdens experienced by aging family caregivers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291712001468_sec_a2\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cross-sectional community surveys in 20 countries asked 13 892 respondents aged 50+ years about the objective (time, financial) and subjective (distress, embarrassment) burdens they experience in providing care to first-degree relatives with 12 broadly defined serious physical and mental conditions. Differential burden was examined by country income category, kinship status and type of condition.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291712001468_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among the 26.9\u201342.5% respondents in high-, upper-middle-, and low-\/lower-middle-income countries reporting serious relative health conditions, 35.7\u201342.5% reported burden. Of those, 25.2\u201329.0% spent time and 13.5\u201319.4% money, while 24.4\u201330.6% felt distress and 6.4\u201321.7% embarrassment. Mean caregiving hours per week in those giving any time were 16.6\u201323.6 (169.9\u2013205.8 h\/week per 100 people aged 50+ years). Burden in low-\/lower-middle-income countries was 2- to 3-fold higher than in higher-income countries, with any financial burden averaging 14.3% of median family income in high-, 17.7% in upper-middle-, and 39.8% in low-\/lower-middle-income countries. Higher burden was reported by women than men and for conditions of spouses and children than parents or siblings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291712001468_sec_a4\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Uncompensated family caregiving is an important societal asset that offsets rising formal healthcare costs. 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