Table 2.
Caregiver Demographics
| All caregivers (N = 48) | Dartmouth (n = 29) | UAB (n = 19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p * | d † | ||
| Age, Mean (SD) | 64.94 (9.3) | 65.18 (10.3) | 64.58 (7.7) | 0.082 | 0.06 | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 39 (81.3) | 23 (79.3) | 16 (84.2) | 0.99 | 0 | |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 40 (83.3) | 29 (100.0) | 11 (57.9) | 0.0002 | 1.19 | |
| Black | 8 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 8 (42.1) | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Protestant | 25 (52.1) | 7 (24.1) | 18 (94.7) | |||
| Catholic | 7 (14.6) | 7 (24.1) | 0 (0) | |||
| Jewish | 1 (2.1) | 1 (3.5) | 0 (0) | <.0001 | 1.26 | |
| Other | 6 (12.5) | 6 (20.7) | 0 (0) | |||
| None | 9 (18.8) | 8 (27.6) | 1 (5.3) | |||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never married | 2 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.5) | 0.09 | 0.51 | |
| Married or living with partner | 39 (81.3) | 26 (89.7) | 13 (68.4) | |||
| Divorced or separated | 3 (6.3) | 2 (6.9) | 1 (5.3) | |||
| Widowed | 4 (8.3) | 1 (3.5) | 3 (15.8) | |||
| Work status | ||||||
| Employed | 17 (35.4) | 9 (31.0) | 8 (42.1) | |||
| Retired/Homemaker | 24 (50.0) | 15 (51.7) | 9 (47.4) | |||
| Not employed | 3 (6.3) | 1 (3.5) | 2 (10.5) | 0.49 | 0.20 | |
| Disability | 3 (6.3) | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0) | |||
| No response | 1 (2.1) | 1 (3.5) | 0 (0) | |||
| Education | ||||||
| <High school graduate | 3 (6.3) | 2 (6.9) | 1 (5.3) | |||
| High school graduate or GED | 12 (25.0) | 7 (24.1) | 5 (26.3) | |||
| Some college or technical school | 11 (22.9) | 5 (17.2) | 6 (31.6) | 0.23 | 0.36 | |
| College graduate | 9 (18.8) | 4 (13.8) | 5 (26.3) | |||
| Graduate degree | 13 (27.1) | 11 (37.9) | 2 (10.5) | |||
| Relationship to patient | ||||||
| Spouse/partner | 31 (64.6) | 20 (69.0) | 11 (57.9) | |||
| Parent | 8 (16.7) | 4 (13.8) | 4 (21.1) | |||
| Son or daughter | 4 (8..3) | 2 (6.9) | 2 (10.5) | 0.63 | 0.14 | |
| Other relative | 3 (6.3) | 1 (3.5) | 2 (10.5) | |||
| Friend | 2 (4.2) | 2 (6.9) | 0 (0) | |||
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, GED General Education Development
* p-values from t-test or Fisher’s exact tests, as appropriate
†Effect size: Cohen’s d or d-equivalent; small: d ~ 0.2, medium d ~ 0.5, large d ~ 0.8