Table 1.

Caregiving Youth Research

Report	Location	Method	Sample	Age (Years)	Family
Banks, et al. (2002)	U.K.	Survey and focus   groups	31	11–17	Sibling or parent with mental or   physical disability
Gates and Lackey (1998)	U.S.	Phenomenology	11	10–19	Adult with cancer
Forest Keenan et al. (2007)	Scotland	Interviews	33	9–28	Family with HD
Jacobson and Wood (2004)	U.S.	Survey of adults	15.7%, 51 adults (n = 8) young caregivers	5–18	Adult with diabetes
Kelley, 2005	St. Lucia	Ethnography	45	3.5–16	Frail elders in community
National Alliance for Caregiving (2005)	U.S.	Telephone interviews	213	8–18	Family member with Alzheimer   disease, disease of heart, lung,   or kidneys, arthritis, or diabetes
Sislowski (2006)	U.S.	Survey of public   school children	6,210	6–12 grade	Family member in need of special   medical care
Valiakalayil et al. (2004)	Canada	Semistructured   interview	13	13–18	Parent with schizophrenia