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Work-life balance is an important aspect of an employee’s life. It is the ability to balance two important aspects of an individual’s life; pursuing a successful career and prioritizing personal or family matters. Many children neglect their parents due to working commitment and pressure to cope with the financial burden. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between job, family, individual, and career growth on the work-life balance of the caregiver. This article presented the stages of analysis taken to achieve these aims. Questionnaires were distributed online to the elderly caregiver and purposive sampling was adopted as the sampling procedure. The questionnaire was designed in two sections, one consisting of demographic information and the second relating to the determinants of the work-life balance. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 was used for data analysis. The output from the descriptive statistics has provided a summary of the samples and the measures done on a particular study. It is used to describe the characteristics of a sample or data set. Next, the directions for this paper are to run for a reliability analysis followed by multiple regression analysis. This study advances current knowledge by shedding light on some important factors relating to work-life balance as eldercare issues need an eye-opener to the public.
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