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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2011 Apr 4;26(4):1000–1006. doi: 10.1037/a0023213

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Targets and Informants

Demographics M (SD) or n (%) Min Max
Target Characteristics
Gender, female 50 (65%)
Age 60.3 (10.7) 50 87
Education, years 13.2 (2.6) 2 17
HDRS 28.2 (8.9) 10 44
CIRS, out of 48 6.3 (4.3) 0 20
MMSE, out of 30 27.7 (2.7) 17 30

Dyadic Characteristics
Informant/Target Gender Match 42 (55%)
Spousal Informant 22 (29%)
Child Informant 21 (27%)
Other Informant 34 (44%)

Informant Characteristics
Gender, female 53 (69%)
Age 51.3 (13.9) 20 83
Education, years 16.3 (13.8) 3 17
Neuroticism 1.8 (0.5) 0.65 3.19
Extraversion 2.2 (0.4) 1.08 3.06
Openness 2.2 (0.4) 1.38 2.94
Agreeableness 2.6 (0.3) 1.94 3.56
Conscientiousness 2.4 (0.4) 1.63 3.44

Note. N = 77 pairs. HDRS = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, CIRS = Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, MMSE = Mini Mental Status Exam.