. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2018 Sep 20;27(6):2103–2112. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4450-4

Table 2.

Caregiver Demographics

	Overall Sample		Adult Caregivers		Pediatric Caregivers
	M(SD)	Range	M(SD)	Range	M(SD)	Range
Age^†	47.3(14.6)	24–69	57.7(36.4)	32–69	36.4(9.4)	24–57
Education (years)^‡	14.3(2.4)	8–18	15.3(1.9)	12–18	13.2(2.5)	8–18
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Gender^§
Male	8	(20.5)	6	(30.0)	2	(10.5)
Female	31	(79.5)	14	(70.0)	17	(89.5)
Race^¶
White	35	(90.0)	20	(100.0)	15	(78.9)
Black/African American	2	(5.1)	0	(0.0)	2	(10.5)
Asian	1	(2.6)	0	(0.0)	1	(5.3)
Missing	1	(2.6)	0	(0.0)	1	(5.3)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	3	(7.7)	2	(10.0)	1	(5.3)
Relationship to the patient
Spouse	16	(41.0)	16	(80.0)	0	(0.0)
Parent	21	(53.8)	3	(15.0)	18	(94.7)
Grandmother	1	(2.6)	0	(0.0)	1	(5.3)
Sister	1	(2.6)	1	(5.0)	0	(0.0)

^†

Age: Adult caregivers were older than pediatric caregivers (t=6.10, p=0.001)

^‡

Education: 8 = 8^th grade, 12 = high school, 14 = associate’s degree, 16 = bachelor’s degree, 18 = master’s degree. Adult caregivers were more educated than pediatric caregivers (t=2.89; p=0.007)

^§

Gender: The overall sample was comprised of more females than males (Chi²=6.05; p<0.05)

^¶

Race: The overall sample was comprised of more whites than other ethnicities: (Chi²=5.06; p<0.05)

SD=Standard Deviation