Table 1b.
Caregiver Descriptive Statistics: Overall and by Care Recipient Race
| Race | p-value | ||||||
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| Full Sample | Black | Non-Black | |||||
| (N=1279) | (N = 112) | (N = 1167) | |||||
| N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | N (%) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Sex (Female) | 820 (64.10) | 86 (76.80) | 734 (62.90) | .003 | |||
| Education | 9.65 (3.13) | 9.27 (3.40) | 9.70 (3.41) | .168 | |||
| Relationship to Care recipient | |||||||
| Spouse | 459 (35.90) | 19 (17.00) | 440 (37.70) | .000 | |||
| Son/Daughter | 616 (48.20) | 59 (52.70) | 557 (47.70) | ||||
| Brother/Sister | 49 (3.80) | 10 (8.90) | 39 (3.40) | ||||
| Other Relationships | 155 (12.10) | 24 (21.40) | 131 (11.20) | ||||
| Social Exchange Perspective Measure | |||||||
| Physical Exchange Good (Yes) | 882 (69.00) | 79 (70.50) | 803 (68.80) | .706 | |||
| Social Exchange Good (Yes) | 1047 (81.90) | 96 (85.70) | 951 (81.50) | .268 | |||
| Psychological Exchange Good (Yes) | 1127 (88.10) | 102 (91.10) | 1025 (87.8) | .312 | |||
| Caregiver burden measures | |||||||
| Subjective | 2.09 (2.75) | 2.21 (3.10) | 2.08 (2.72) | .612 | |||
| Objective | 3.42 (4.92) | 4.16 (5.37) | 3.35 (4.87) | .096 | |||
Note. SD, standard deviation; Subjective burden scale ranges from 0 to 12; Objective burden scale ranges from 0 to 45. p-values <. 05 are bolded to denote statistical significance.