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Published in final edited form as: J Aging Soc Policy. 2012;24(1):29–45. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2012.630905

TABLE 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Caregivers and Non-Caregivers

	Caregiver n = 353^a %	Non-Caregiver n = 1242 %	P-value
Mean age (range)	52 (42–60)	52 (41–60)	0.629
Female	76	63	<0.001
Married	73	72	0.696
Race			0.015
White	97	93
Non-white	3	7
Education			0.645
High school or less	11	13
Any college	57	55
Post graduate degree	32	32
Annual income			0.202
Low < $15,000	14	17
Medium $15,000 to $149,999	31	26
High >= $150,000	55	57
Functional status			0.137
Impaired	10	13
Not Impaired	10	13

^a

Ns for each indicator vary minimally due to item-specific missing data; exact ns available from the authors.