Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Caregivers and Care Recipients by Caregiving Phase and Race

	Early Caregiving Phase					Later Caregiving Phase

	AA^a		W^b		Stat. Sign. (p value)	AA^c		W^d		Stat. Sign. (p value)
	No.	%	No.	%	Stat. Sign. (p value)	No.	%	N o.	%	Stat. Sign. (p value)
Demographics

Relationship to patient
Spouse	48	46.6	328	60.2	0.010	45	50.6	332	65.4	0.008
Other	55	53.4	217	39.8	0.010	44	49.4	176	34.6	0.008

Caregiver Gender
Male	14	13.5	129	23.8	0.020	16	18.2	148	29.1	0.035
Female	90	86.5	414	76.2	0.020	72	81.8	361	70.9	0.035

Caregiver Age
< 65	84	81.6	342	63.1	<0.001	64	73.6	315	61.9	0.037
≥ 65	19	18.4	200	36.9	<0.001	23	26.4	194	38.1	0.037

Caregiver Household Income
Less than $10,000	14	14.7	34	7.0	0.18	10	13.3	28	6.2	0.002
$10,000 – $14,999	8	8.4	36	7.4		7	9.3	19	4.2
$15,000 – $19,999	7	7.4	46	9.5		7	9.3	27	6.0
$20,000 – $39,999	28	29.5	132	27.2		19	25.3	100	22.2
$40,000 – $59,999	17	17.9	94	19.3		16	21.3	84	18.7
$60,000 – $79,000	10	10.5	52	10.7		10	13.3	56	12.4
$80,000 +	11	11.6	92	18.9		6	8.0	136	30.2

Caregiver Education
< high school	19	18.3	61	11.2	0.14	5	5.6	53	10.5	0.098
High school	22	21.2	158	29.0		23	25.8	110	21.7
Some college or 2 yr degree	43	41.3	224	41.2		41	46.1	184	36.4
4 year degree or more	20	19.2	101	18.6		20	22.5	159	31.4

Caregiver Marital Status
Married	62	59.6	453	83.1	<0.001	56	62.9	419	82.3	<0.001
Unmarried (any reason)	42	40.4	92	16.9	<0.001	33	37.1	90	17.7	<0.001

Caregiver Work Status
Not working for Pay	35	33.7	275	50.5	0.006	41	46.1	249	48.7	0.61
Working Part-time	21	20.2	92	16.9		11	12.4	76	14.9
Working Full-time	48	46.2	178	32.7		37	41.6	186	36.4

Health Status

Caregiver Health Status
Physical (Mean ± SD)	47.4 ± 10.8		48.5 ± 11.4		0.39	45.3 ± 10.1		47.7 ± 11.7		0.087
Mental (Mean ± SD)	48.0 ± 10.4		47.3 ± 10.7		0.54	48.6 ± 11.1		46.8 ± 11.1		0.19

Care Recipient Cancer Stage
I	26	25.0	146	27.4	0.35	24	28.2	152	30.6	0.66
II	22	21.2	92	17.3		22	25.6	113	22.8
III	29	27.9	185	34.7		30	35.3	158	31.9
IV	27	26.0	110	20.6		9	10.6	73	14.7

Cancer Type
Lung	41	39.4	313	57.4	<0.001	29	32.6	224	43.8	0.047
Colorectal	63	60.6	232	42.6	<0.001	60	67.4	287	56.2	0.047

Care Recipient ACE 27
Comorbidity Score	30	30.0	99	20.0	0.026	18	24.3	111	24.7	0.25
None	35	35.0	175	35.2		35	47.3	176	39.2
Mild	24	24.0	112	22.5		15	20.3	87	19.4
Moderate Severe	11	11.0	111	22.3		6	8.1	75	16.7

Footnotes:

= Sample sizes range from 95 – 104

= Sample sizes range from 486 – 545

= Sample sizes range from 74 – 89

= Sample sizes range from 449 – 511