Table 1:

Descriptive statistics at Baseline

Baseline Status (%)	Total Sample	Receiving Family Care	Receiving No Family Care	Pearson Test	Control	Treatment	Pearson Test
N	4888	4268	397		2468	2420
Gender
Female	70.6	70.6	70.3		70.3	71.0
Age
Age 18–64	43.8	44.0	41.3		44.0	43.6
Age 65–79	30.9	30.1	40.1	***	29.8	32.0
Age 80+	25.3	25.9	18.6	***	26.3	24.4
State
Arkansas	34.0	34.6	27.7	***	34.2	33.8
Florida	33.6	33.3	26.2	***	33.4	33.9
New Jersey	32.4	31.2	46.1	***	32.4	32.4
Race & Ethnicity
Black	29.2	29.3	28.2		29.3	29.1
Hispanic	21.4	21.4	21.5		21.8	21.80
Potential Informal Care Resources
Married	15.0	15.3	11.4	**	14.5	15.5
Unpaid help: transportation	60.6	62.9	34.9	***	60.9	60.3
Unpaid help: house/community activities	82.6	85.6	49.4	***	83.3	82.0
Health Status & Disease History
Skeletal	16.2	15.9	19.4	*	17.0	15.4
Skin high cost	7.7	7.6	8.6		7.6	7.8
Cancer	10.1	9.8	13.6	**	10.0	10.2
Cardiovascular	27.1	26.8	30.2		26.2	27.9
Gastrointestinal	6.8	6.7	7.6		6.5	7.1
Hematological	6.4	6.1	10.1	***	6.1	6.8
Psychiatric	3.3	3.0	6.8	***	3.4	3.2
Pulmonary	9.7	9.7	10.1		8.7	10.7	**

Note: The significance levels of 1%, 5%, and 10% are denoted by ***, **, and * respectively.