Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Caregivers and Care Recipients

Characteristic	M (SD)
Caregivers (N = 205)
Age
30–91 years	62.49 (13.44)
Gender (1 = Female)	0.79 (0.41)
Race (1 = White)	0.60 (0.49)
Education	4.16 (1.21)
Income adequacy	2.21 (0.52)
Kin relationship to CR (1 = Spouse)	0.55 (0.50)
Number of months caregiver has provided care
1–265 months	36.36 (0.39)
ADL	1.05 (1.06)
Care recipients (N = 205)
Age
39–97 years	75.98 (9.24)
Race (1 = White)	0.58 (0.49)
Education	3.59 (1.49)

Notes. Education was coded as follows: 0 = less than high school, 1 = some high school, 2 = high school graduate, 3 = some college, 4 = college graduate, 5 = postgraduate degree. Income adequacy was coded as follows: 0 = strongly disagree, 1 = disagree, 2 = agree, 3 = strongly agree.

ADL = activities of daily living; CR = care recipient.