Table 1.

Background Characteristics and Scores on Major Variables for Family Caregivers

	Caregiving women (n = 96)		Caregiving men (n = 57)
Variable	M	SD	M	SD
CG age in years	63.75	15.60	67.33	16.72
CG chronic health conditions	1.85	1.37	1.65	1.48
CG ADL/IADL assistance	5.21*	2.65	4.11	2.81
CG medical care activities	6.01**	2.91	4.75	3.06
CG role overload	1.71	0.68	1.54	0.56
CG negative caregiving RQ	2.26	0.79	2.13	0.75
CG purpose in life	3.77	0.47	3.68	0.78
CG caregiving gains	3.62	0.41	3.71	0.38
PWD chronic health conditions	2.76	1.28	2.81	1.45
PWD purpose in life	2.55	0.65	2.60	0.62
	n	%	n	%
CG relationship to PWD
Spouse	36	37.5	26	45.6
Adult child	47	49.0	20	35.1
Child-in-law	1	1.0	7	12.3
Grandchild	6	6.3	2	3.5
Sibling	3	3.1	0	0.0
Other relative	3	3.1	2	3.5
CG educational attainment
High school graduate	29	30.2	15	26.3
Some college	15	15.6	14	24.6
College graduate	18	18.8	5	8.8
Post graduate	4	4.2	3	5.3
PWD gender (female)	52***	54.2	53	93.0

Note: N = 153 family caregivers. ADL/IADL = activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living; CG = caregiver; PWD = person with dementia; RQ = relationship quality.

*Significant difference between caregiving women and men at p ≤ .05.

**Significant difference between caregiving women and men at p ≤ .01.

***Significant difference between caregiving women and men at p ≤ .001.