Table 2.

Veterans’ and caregivers’ demographics (N = 110).

Variable	Veteran Mean (SD) or %	Caregiver Mean (SD) or %
Age, years	69.1 (11.4)	65.1 (10.7)
Male	95.5	92.7
Hispanic	4.5	6.4
Race
American Indian/Alaskan Native	-	0.9
Asian	0.9	1.8
Black/African American	19.1	18.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.9	0.9
White/Caucasian	76.4	72.7
Other	0.9	2.7
More than one race	0.9	1.8
Marital Status
Divorced	12.7	10.0
Married/Living as married	77.3	82.7
Single	6.4	1.8
Widowed	3.6	5.5
Education
Junior/high school	2.7	3.6
High school graduate/GED	27.3	16.4
Some college/associate degree	41.8	34.5
Vocational/training school	6.4	6.4
College graduate	11.8	20.0
Employment Status
Not currently employed
Disabled/not employed	51.8
Retired	42.7	77.3
Paid employment
Full-time	3.6	11.8
Part-time	1.8	10.0
Service Branch
Air Force	13.6
Army	52.7
Marines	20.0
Navy	11.8
Coast Guard	0.9
Years of service	7.8 (8.8)
Medically discharged	29.1
Relationship to Veteran
Wife		76.4
Partner		0.9
Mother		4.5
Brother		3.6
Sister		3.6
Daughter		3.6
Son/step-son		1.8
Gross monthly income, USD		5330 (7620)
Hard to pay for basics
Not at all difficult		54.5
Not very difficult		23.6
Somewhat difficult		20.9
Very difficult		0.9
Time providing care, years		14.1 (13.1)
Began care
as soon as Veteran returned injured		21.8
Veteran no longer caring for self		56.4
Previous caregiver no longer caring for Veteran		11.8
Other		10.0
Family needs, (FNQ), (1–3)		1.8 (0.4)
Health Info (1–3)		1.5 (0.5)
Emotional Support (1–3)		2.2 (0.5)
Instrumental Support (1–3)		2.1 (0.6)
Professional Support (1–3)		2.0 (0.7)
Community Support Network (1–3)		1.4 (0.5)
Involvement with Care (1–3)		1.4 (0.6)
Caregiving Self-Efficacy, (0–100)		66.4 (18.8)
Obtaining Respite (0–100)		47.5 (29.9)
Responding to Behaviors (0–100)		77.0 (23.1)
Controlling Upsetting Thoughts (0–100)		73.2 (21.6)