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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2011 Mar;26(1):1–14. doi: 10.1037/a0021863

Table 3.

Predictors of Caregiver Depression and Positive Psychological Well-Being (Multiple Linear Regression Analysis)

	Caregiver depression				Positive psychological well-being
	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β
Spouse	.13^***	.08^***	.07^***	.03*	−.08^***	−.05^***	−.04^***	−.02
Age		−.04^***	−.07^***	−.07^***		.07^***	.09^***	.08^***
% ethnic minority		−.01	.00	−.00		.05^***	.04^***	.04^***
Education		−.06^***	−.04^***	−.02^*		.04^***	.03^**	.03^**
Income		−.05^***	−.01	.01		.04^***	.01	−.01
% coresidence		.08^***	.02^*	−.02		−.09^***	−.05^***	−.06^***
% employed		.00	.06^***	.08^***		−.04^***	−.08^***	−.10^***
Informal support			−.19^***	−.18^***			.16^***	.16^***
Physical health			−.35^***	−.33^***			.23^***	.22^***
No. of caregiving hours				.10^***				−.10^***
No. of caregiving tasks				.07^***				−.03^**
No. of months in caregiver role				.02				−.04^***
R ²	.02	.03	.18	.20	.006	.05	.12	.13
N	12,425				10,510
K	30				25

Note. N/k = average number of caregivers/included studies that provided data on the intercorrelation of study variables.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.