Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for demographic variables.
| Variables | Caregiver (n=391), n (%) | Noncaregiver (n=2790), n (%) | χ2 (df) | P value | |
| Sex | 3.8 (1) | .05 | |||
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Female | 237 (58.42) | 1507 (49.85) | —a | — |
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Male | 128 (41.58) | 1097 (50.15) | — | — |
| Age in years | 51.8 (13.93)b | 46.63 (16.39)b | −3.03 (3180)c | .003 | |
| Employment status | 4.3 (1) | .04 | |||
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Employed | 166 (48.64) | 1396 (59.76) | — | — |
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Not employed | 202 (51.36) | 1276 (40.24) | — | — |
| Marital status | 7.6 (1) | .006 | |||
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Married or living as married | 266 (66.79) | 1547 (54.85) | — | — |
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Not married | 125 (33.21) | 1243 (45.150 | — | — |
| Education level | 0.2 (2) | .89 | |||
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High school graduate or less | 98 (31.00) | 770 (32.14) | — | — |
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Some post-high school education | 131(33.93) | 789 (32.18) | — | — |
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College graduate or more | 162 (35.07) | 1231 (35.68) | — | — |
| Born in the United States | 0.1 (1) | .72 | |||
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Yes | 327 (84.70) | 2364 (85.66) | — | — |
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No | 58 (15.29) | 369 (14.34) | — | — |
| Ethnicity | 1.2 (1) | .27 | |||
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Hispanic | 48 (12.72) | 365 (15.82) | — | — |
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Non-Hispanic | 313 (87.27) | 2196 (84.18) | — | — |
| Race | 5.1 (1) | .02 | |||
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White | 251 (69.35) | 1924 (77.55) | — | — |
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Nonwhite | 121 (30.64) | 686 (22.45) | — | — |
| Home ownership | 5.7 (2) | .06 | |||
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Own | 286 (73.01) | 1915 (62.42) | — | — |
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Rent | 87 (23.00) | 729 (33.58) | — | — |
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Occupy without paying monetary rent | 7 (3.98) | 57 (4.00) | — | — |
| Household income (US $) | 7.1 (8) | .52 | |||
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0-9999 | 20 (5.264) | 179 (6.84) | — | — |
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10,000-14,999 | 16 (4.76) | 157 (4.59) | — | — |
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15,000-19,999 | 31 (8.54) | 128 (5.58) | — | — |
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20,000-34,999 | 50 (10.86) | 358 (12.46) | — | — |
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35,000-49,999 | 56 (17.24) | 321 (14.52) | — | — |
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50,000-74,999 | 71 (18.03) | 447 (18.98) | — | — |
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75,000-99,999 | 41 (11.82) | 318 (12.33) | — | — |
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100,000-199,999 | 60 (19.94) | 456 (17.89) | — | — |
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≥200,000 | 15 (3.50) | 157 (6.82) | — | — |
| Has a regular health care provider | 1.9 (1) | .17 | |||
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No | 100 (29.37) | 792 (34.94) | — | — |
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Yes | 289 (70.63) | 1968 (65.06) | — | — |
| Has health insurance | 0.1 (1) | .76 | |||
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No | 19 (7.19) | 130 (8.16) | — | — |
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Yes | 370 (92.81) | 2630 (91.83) | — | — |
| Health insurance type | 14.7 (3) | .002 | |||
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Privated | 159 (40.87) | 1227 (44.46) | — | — |
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Publice | 122 (31.36) | 980 (35.51) | — | — |
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Otherf | 89 (22.88) | 423 (15.32) | — | — |
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None | 19 (4.88) | 130 (4.71) | — | — |
aA dash indicates that no value was calculated.
bValues are mean (SD) rather than n (%).
cA 2-tailed t test was performed.
dEmployer provided and insurance purchased directly from an insurance company.
eMedicare and Medicaid.
fTRICARE, Veterans’ Affairs, and other insurance.