Table 1.

Results of Descriptive and Multivariate Analyses

Variable	Mean (%)	Marginal effecta on
		Any helpers	No. of helpers	Hours of help
Whether any helpers	32.4%
No. of helpers	0.64
Hours of help	44.09
Female	74.3%	0.031	0.053	2.382
Age	77.39	0.015***	0.009***	0.934***
Divorced	28.5%	−0.012	−0.027	−4.633
Black	11.9%	−0.006	0.057	10.169**
Hispanic	7.4%	0.041	−0.003	11.492*
Probable dementia	13.9%	0.199***	0.578***	54.821***
Possible dementia	13.1%	0.071***	0.140***	13.181**
Diabetes	25.5%	0.043***	0.041	7.618**
Stroke	12.1%	0.070***	0.054	9.238*
Back or neck pain	44.0%	−0.001	−0.019	1.242
Balance problems	35.9%	0.076***	0.180***	14.194***
Problems chewing/swallowing	10.6%	0.046*	0.167**	11.876**
Hearing problems	4.0%	0.030	0.019	8.743
Vision problems	6.3%	0.095***	0.302***	14.955**
Unable to walk 3 blocks	37.3%	0.138***	0.354***	28.938***
Unable to carry 10 pound object	27.6%	0.122***	0.396***	25.298***
Unable to bend over	28.6%	0.047**	0.126***	6.022*
Unable to reach over head	18.6%	0.048***	0.140***	8.242**
Unable to grasp small object	6.6%	0.001	0.005	−2.024
No. of married daughters	0.82	0.008	0.056***	1.403
No. of unmarried daughters	0.47	0.015	0.060***	3.782**
No. of married sons	0.85	−0.003	0.033*	0.661
No. of unmarried sons	0.46	0.006	−0.004	3.247**
No. of stepdaughters	0.07	−0.003	0.078	3.461
No. of stepsons	0.06	0.027*	−0.012	3.149

^aChange in Pr[any helpers = 1], expected number of helpers, and expected care hours, respectively, per unit change in explanatory variable.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.