Table 1.
Baseline Demographic Characteristics (N= 226)
| Do not Know n=26 |
Willing-to-pay $0 n=72 |
Willing-to-pay >$0 n=128 |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver characteristics | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 71.42 (13.08) | 63.82 (12.16) | 64.63 (12.82) | p=0.026 |
| Less than college education, n (%) | 9 (35) | 54 (75) | 58 (45) | p<0.001 |
| Race | p<0.001 | |||
| White, n (%) | 16 (61) | 32 (44) | 92 (72) | |
| African American, n (%) | 7 (27) | 36 (50) | 33 (26) | |
| Other, n (%) | 3 (12) | 4 (6) | 3 (2) | |
| Relationship to person with dementia | p=0.142 | |||
| Spouse, n (%) | 18 (69) | 30 (42) | 58 (45) | |
| Child, n (%) | 6 (23) | 37 (51) | 62 (48) | |
| Other, n (%) | 2 (8) | 5 (7) | 8 (6) | |
| No financial difficulty, n (%) | 17 (65) | 33 (46) | 72 (56) | p=0.169 |
| Currently employed, n (%) | 6 (23) | 24 (33) | 43 (34) | p=0.564 |
| Mean hours of care provided in a day, (SD) | 6.73 (5.15) | 8.33 (5.27) | 7.40 (5.02) | p=0.894 |
| Person with dementia characteristics | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 80.03 (8.52) | 80.54 (7.57) | 81.64 (7.70) | p=0.757 |
| Female, n (%) | 13 (50) | 52 (72) | 78 (61) | p=0.093 |
| Lives alone, n (%) | 0 (0) | 7 (10) | 12 (9) | p=0.259 |
| Mean Mini-Mental State Examination, (SD) | 15.35 (6.71) | 13.51 (8.32) | 14.92 (7.61) | p=0.416 |
| Mean number of behaviors, (SD) | 6.57 (2.21) | 7.68 (2.52) | 7.86 (2.49) | p=0.720 |
| Mean number of functional limitations, (SD) | 10.77 (3.06) | 10.56 (3.33) | 10.53 (3.78) | p=0.276 |
*
Categorical variables were evaluated by χ2 test and continuous variables were evaluated by one-way analysis of variance.