Table 2.
Mean differences in caregiver empowerment variables by key demographic variables
| Family M (SD) |
F (ω2p) | Service M (SD) |
F (ω2p) | Community M (SD) |
F (ω2p) | Pt. Act. M (SD) |
F (ω2p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample (N=122) | 4.5 (.43) | 4.3(.56) | 2.8(.88) | 77.9(10.8) | ||||
| P. Threshold: Above (n=33) |
4.5(.44) | .04 (.01) | 4.5 (.42) | 2.1 (.02) | 2.9 (.66) | .39(.00) | 80.8 (6.9) | 3.2 (.01) |
| Below (n=89) | 4.5 (.43) | 4.3 (.60) | 2.8 (.95) | 76.9 (11.8) | ||||
| Ethnicity: Latino (n=63) | 4.4 (.45) | 1.1 (.00) | 4.3 (.59) | 1.2(.01) | 2.7 (.85) | 2.5 (.01) | 75.8 (12.6) | 2.6 (.03) |
| Afr. American (n=38) | 4.6 (.36) | 4.4 (.49) | 3.0 (.89) | 79.7 (8.8) | ||||
| NLW (n=21) | 4.4 (.48) | 4.4 (.59) | 2.6 (.87) | 81.1 (6.5) | ||||
| Nativity: US Born(n=66) | 4.5 (.42) | 1.3(.00) | 4.4 (.53) | 1.9 (.00) | 2.8 (.90) | .03(.00) | 80.5 (7.8) | 8.3**(.07) |
| Foreign Born (n=56) | 4.4 (.44) | 4.3 (.58) | 2.8 (.86) | 74.9 (12.9) | ||||
| Cg. Lang: English (n=89) |
4.5 (.40) | 3.5(.01) | 4.4 (.52) | 3.9* (.02) | 2.8 (.92) | .88 (.00) | 79.1 (9.4) | 4.2* (.02) |
| Spanish (n=33) | 4.4 (.48) | 4.2 (.65) | 2.9 (.76) | 74.7 (13.4) |
Note. Family - Family subscale of the Family Empowerment Scale; Service – Service subscale of the Family Empowerment Scale; Community – Community subscale of the Family Empowerment Scale; and Pt Act. : Patient Activation Scale; P. Threshold-Poverty threshold, Cg. Lang-Caregiver preferred language.
Partial Omega Squares (ω2p) are presented as the effect size for the F values.
*
p <.05;
**
p<.01;
***
p<.001.