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. 2014 Dec 6;70(5):793–803. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu160

Table 1.

Caregiving Hours and Household Residence for Total Sample and Race/Ethnic Subgroups

Total sample (N = 69,668 obs.) White, non-Hispanic (N = 54,178 obs.) Black, non-Hispanic (N = 9,484 obs.) Hispanic (N = 6,006 obs.)
Residence
 % No grandchild in household 93.76 95.76 83.31 83.62
 % Multigenerational household 4.68 3.25 11.35 13.06
 % Skipped generation household 1.56 1.00 5.33 3.32
Grandparent caregiving
 % Caring 0–99hr/2 years 68.23 68.76 63.66 67.96
 % Caring 100–499hr/2 years 17.68 18.15 15.89 14.33
 % Caring 500+ hr/2 years 14.09 13.08 20.44 17.72

Notes. HRS = Health and Retirement Study. Data are weighted to represent the U.S. population, using HRS wave-specific weight.