Table 1.

Description of Research Studies

	Study One: qualitative interviews	Study Two: questionnaires
Time period of studies	July 2005 to July 2007	August 2007 to June 2009
Goals of study	To examine caregiving experiences of immigrant and U.S.-born Mexican women and the roles that cultural and external factors played in their experiences of giving care to elderly relatives.	To develop and field test a questionnaire for female Mexican-origin caregivers measuring caregiving constructs and activities identified from Study One.
Details of study	• One-time interview in person, one-on-one setting • 1-2 hr to complete • Conducted in Spanish and English • $35 incentive	• One-time administration • Self-administered in a group setting • 30-40 min to complete • Conducted in Spanish and English • $25 incentive
Eligibility criteria	• Female caregiver aged 18 years or older of Mexican descent • Care receiver of Mexican descent, at least 60 years old, related by blood or marriage to caregiver and who needed help with one or more activity of daily living or instrumental activity of daily living • Resident of greater East LA area
Target enrollment	• 20 U.S.-born caregivers (Mexican American) • 20 foreign-born caregivers (Mexican immigrant)	• 50 English-speaking caregivers • 50 Spanish-speaking caregivers
Staffing (FTE)	• PI (0.95) • Undergraduate research assistant (0.19)	• PI (0.95) • Two undergraduate research assistants (0.325) • Three graduate student researchers (0.125) • Career employee (0.025)

Note: East LA = East Los Angeles; FTE = full-time equivalent personnel; PI = principal investigator.