. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 May 4;25(10):1085–1093. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2017.05.001

Table 2.

Pearson Correlations Among Key Study Variables for Spousal Caregivers

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Age
2. Gender (female)	−.24^***
3. Educational attainment	.12^*	−.11^*
4. Health system tasks	−.04	.23^***	.05
5. Medical/nursing tasks	−.13^*	.24^***	−.14^**	.52^***
6. Emotional difficulties	−.07	.28^***	.11^*	.28^***	.22^***
7. Physical difficulties	−.02	.27^***	.03	.26^***	.29^***	.54^***
8. Caregiving gains	.01	.05	−.20^***	.05	.22^***	−.13^*	−.01

Note. N = 345 spousal caregivers.

p ≤ .05.

^**

p ≤ .01.

^***

p ≤ .001.