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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Aug 10;66(9):1785–1789. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15502

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Caregiver’s Age in Years, mean (sd, range) 63 (14, 22–99)
Relationship to Person with Dementia, % (n)
 Child 49% (540)
 Spouse/Partner 35% (379)
 Friend 2% (27)
 Paid/hired caregiver 3% (36)
 Other family 10% (104)
Caregiver Lives with Person with Dementia, % (n)
 Yes 55% (595)
 No 34% (369)
 Missing 11% (127)
Caregiver Education, % (n)
 High school graduate or less 9% (95)
 Some college 16% (178)
 College graduate or more education 40% (441)
 Missing 35% (377)
Caregiver Marital Status, % (n)
 Single 10% (113)
 Married/Living with Partner 45% (489)
 Divorced/Widowed 10% (113)
 Missing 35% (376)
Gender, % (n)
 Female 67% (730)
 Male 33% (355)
Caregiver Ethnic Group, % (n)
 Hispanic/Latino 10% (107)
 Not Hispanic/Latino 50% (550)
 Missing 40% (434)
Caregiver Race, % (n)
 White 44% (486)
 African-American 6% (69)
 Asian 5% (54)
 Other 5% (59)
 Missing 39% (423)
Diagnosis of Person with Dementia, % (n)
 Dementia type not specified 43% (465)
 Alzheimer’s dementia 38% (413)
 Mixed dementia 8% (88)
 Vascular dementia 4% (44)
 Other dementia 6% (71)