Table 1.

Caregiver Characteristics

Characteristics	Latino family caregivers from Southern California (N = 21)	Latino family caregivers from Washington State (N = 30)
Mean age (SD)	54.2 (9.5)	54.5 (13)
Women (%)	17 (81.0)	20 (67)
Employed (%)	8 (38.1)	16 (53)
Education (%)
Less than high school	6 (28.6)	1 (3)
High school degree or equivalent	5 (23.8)	9 (30)
Some college	5 (20.8)	4 (13)
College graduate	3 (14.3)	7 (23)
Vocational or technical training	2 (9.5)	4 (13)
Postgraduate		5 (17)
Preferred language (%)
Spanish	12 (57.1)	18 (60)
English	9 (42.9)	12 (40)
Mean household size (SD)	4.1 (2.1)	3.1 (1.6)
Children younger than 18 years in household (%)	16 (76.2)	9 (30)
Weekly hours of caregiving (%)
Less than 14 h	2 (9.5)	3 (10)
15–20	4 (13)	4 (13)
21–34 h	2 (9.5)	2 (7)
35 h or more	17 (81.0)	21 (70)
Relationship with the person with dementia (%)
Adult child	14 (66.7)	19 (63)
Spouse/partner	5 (23.8)	8 (27)
Close family member	2 (9.5)	3 (10)