Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of Patient and Caregiver Age and Years of Education, and Frequency and Percent of Patients and Caregivers by Ethnicity, Marital Status, and Religious Affiliation (N=40 dyads)

Variable	Patient		Caregiver
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	79.6	11.5	63.3	13.4
Years of Education	12.0	2.3	12.9	2.0
Years since diagnosis (range <1–32)	10.1	8.9
	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Gender
Female	14	35	28	70
Male	26	65	12	30
Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	34	85	34	85
African American	3	7.5	3	7.5
Hispanic	1	2.5	1	2.5
Asian/Pacific Islander	1	2.5	1	2.5
Other	1	2.5	1	2.5
Marital Status
Currently married	19	47.5	26	65
Divorced	7	17.5	6	15
Widowed	14	35	4	10
Separated	0	0	1	2.5
Never married	0	0	1	2.5
Caregiver working	-	-	5	12.5