Table 1.
Study Descriptives
| Noncaregivers (55.69%) | Caregivers (44.31%) | Total sample | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportions | ||||
| Women | 0.476 | 0.551 | 0.509 | *** |
| Marital status | ||||
| Divorced | 0.106 | 0.104 | 0.105 | *** |
| Widowed | 0.072 | 0.053 | 0.064 | |
| Never married | 0.078 | 0.077 | 0.077 | |
| Urbanicity | ||||
| Rural | 0.139 | 0.151 | 0.145 | ** |
| Urban/rural mixed | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 | |
| Education | ||||
| High school | 0.182 | 0.175 | 0.179 | *** |
| Trades | 0.120 | 0.110 | 0.116 | |
| Non-university | 0.216 | 0.234 | 0.224 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 0.230 | 0.246 | 0.237 | |
| Above bachelor’s | 0.184 | 0.186 | 0.185 | |
| Household income | ||||
| $20,000 to $49,999 | 0.207 | 0.188 | 0.199 | *** |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 0.318 | 0.339 | 0.327 | |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 0.189 | 0.207 | 0.197 | |
| $150,000 and more | 0.178 | 0.176 | 0.177 | |
| Income nonresponse | 0.059 | 0.050 | 0.055 | |
| Employment | ||||
| Full retirement | 0.369 | 0.344 | 0.358 | *** |
| Partial retirement | 0.092 | 0.105 | 0.098 | |
| Unemployed | 0.050 | 0.058 | 0.053 | |
| Type of survey | ||||
| Comprehensive | 0.601 | 0.572 | 0.588 | *** |
| Location of care | ||||
| In-home | — | 0.230 | 0.102 | |
| Other residence | — | 0.664 | 0.294 | |
| Institution | — | 0.106 | 0.047 | |
| Multiple care recipients | — | 0.415 | 0.184 | |
| Means | ||||
| Age | 60.450 | 59.147 | 59.873 | *** |
| Number of people in household | 2.429 | 2.498 | 2.459 | *** |
| Number of children | 2.166 | 2.135 | 2.152 | * |
| Number of siblings | 2.911 | 2.905 | 2.908 |
Note: N = 48,648. All descriptives are weighted and significance tests are based on survey estimation that takes sampling strata into account.
*p≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001 (two-tailed tests).