Table 2.
Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of First-Degree Family Members of Nursing Home Decedents with Dementia
| Children | Siblings | Spouses | Total First Degree Family | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| (n =30,657) n (%) |
(n=15,952) n (%) |
(n=5957) n (%) |
(n=52,566) n (%) |
|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Mean age at decedents’ death (±SD)** | 56.3 (8.8) | 79.4 (8.5) | 81.3 (7.7) | 66.1 (14.5) |
| Gender** | ||||
| Female | 15039 (49.1) | 8932 (56.0) | 3821 (64.1) | 27792 (52.9) |
| Male | 15618 (50.9) | 7020 (44.0) | 2136 (35.9) | 24774 (47.1) |
| Race/Ethnicity ** | ||||
| Hispanic | 1041 ( 3.4) | 188 ( 1.2) | 126 ( 2.1) | 1355 ( 2.6) |
| Non-White Non-Hispanic | 369 ( 1.2) | 118 ( 0.7) | 86 ( 1.4) | 573 ( 1.1) |
| White Non-Hispanic | 28239 (92.1) | 15399 (96.5) | 5674 (95.2) | 49312 (93.8) |
| Unknown | 1008 ( 3.3) | 247 ( 1.5) | 71 ( 1.2) | 1326 ( 2.5) |
| Maximum education ** | ||||
| Less than high school | 1954 ( 6.4) | 4364 (27.4) | 1618 (27.2) | 7936 (15.1) |
| High school graduate | 8599 (28.0) | 5301 (33.2) | 1914 (32.1) | 15814 (30.1) |
| Some college | 8237 (26.9) | 2920 (18.3) | 1055 (17.7) | 12212 (23.2) |
| College graduate | 3750 (12.2) | 1025 ( 6.4) | 342 ( 5.7) | 5117 ( 9.7) |
| Post college | 3722 (12.1) | 716 ( 4.5) | 199 ( 3.3) | 4637 ( 8.8) |
| Unknown | 4395 (14.3) | 1626 (10.2) | 829 (13.9) | 6850 (13.0) |
| Region ** | ||||
| Urban | 23648 (77.1) | 11593 (72.7) | 4407 (74.0) | 39648 (75.4) |
| Rural/Frontier | 6467 (21.1) | 4179 (26.1) | 1505 (25.2) | 12151 (23.1) |
| Unknown | 542 ( 1.8) | 180 ( 1.1) | 45 ( 0.8) | 767 ( 1.5) |
Xp-Values were calculated from chi-square tests for categorical variables and t tests for continuous variables.
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01