Table 1.

Descriptive and bivariate information about caregivers and care recipients

Variable	Full Sample	Caregiver	Care recipient	X2/
	Frequency (%)	Frequency (%)	Frequency (%)	t-value
	N=918	n=459	n=459
Age (mean/SD)	71.37(10.71)	70.54(10.74)	72.20(10.62)	−2.36
Female	459(50.00%	275(59.91)	184(40.09)	36.08***
Non-white race	167(18.19)	79(17.21)	88(19.17)	0.59
Hispanic	119(12.96)	58(12.64)	61(13.29)	0.09
Years of education (mean/SD)	12.35(3.14)	12.66(2.92)	12.05(3.33)	2.93
Relationships length (mean/SD)	40.70(17.62)	N/A	N/A	N/A
CR living with 2 or more ADLs	312(33.99)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Children	882(96.08)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Caring for someone with dementia	84(9.15)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Care recipient conditions
Care recipient stroke, ever	162(17.65)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Care recipient diabetes, ever	342(37.25)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Care recipient cancer, ever	240(26.14)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Care recipient lung condition, ever	184(20.04)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Care recipient heart condition, ever	406(44.23)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of conditions (mean/SD)	1.19(1.08)	0.92(0.92)	1.45(1.16)	−7.69***
Depression (mean/SD)	1.64(2.02)	1.10(1.72)	2.18(2.16)	−8.34***
Depression two years prior	1.46(1.93)	1.06(1.66)	1.85(2.09)	−6.28***
Positive perceived social support (mean/SD), (1 to 3)	3.49(0.62)	3.41(0.67)	3.56(0.55)	−3.70***
Negative perceived social support (mean/SD), (1 to 4)	1.99(0.68)	2.02(0.68)	1.95(0.68)	1.50

^*p<0.05;

^**0.01;

^***0.001