Table 2.

Demographics and Background Characteristics of Caregivers by Church Site.

	ACT-Plan Intervention Sites, n = 173					Control Sites, n = 185					ACT-Plan vs Control
	Site 1, n = 76		Site 2, n = 97		Site 1 vs 2	Site 3, n = 124		Site 4, n = 61		Site 3 vs 4
	% or mean		% or mean			% or mean		% or mean			P Value
Caregiver Characteristics	N	(SD)	n	(SD)	P Value	n	(SD)	n	(SD)	P Value
Gender
Female	60	79.0%	81	83.5%	.4435	104	84.5%	50	84.7%	.9731	.4341
Male	16	21.0%	16	16.5%		19	15.5%	9	15.3%
Age
Mean (SD)	69	54.7 (9.2)	87	55.5 (13.2)	.6452	112	57.3 (11.5)	55	51.8 (15.2)	.0201	.8077
Education
High school or less	13	17.1%	15	15.6%	.7940	37	30.3%	21	35.6%	.4767	.0006
Some college or more	63	82.9%	81	84.4%		85	69.7%	38	64.4%
Income
Less than $25 000	21	32.3%	28	32.9%	.9347	38	36.5%	27	52.9%	.0518	.0944
$25 000 or more	44	67.7%	57	67.1%		66	63.5%	24	47.1%
Occupation
Skilled craft or trade	8	10.5%	10	10.4%	.8605	6	5.0%	5	8.5%	.0779	.0084
Managerial or Administrative	10	13.1%	17	17.7%		5	4.2%	9	15.3%
Professional	17	22.4%	24	25.0%		21	17.5%	10	16.9%
Retired	22	29.0%	22	22.9%		45	37.5%	16	27.1%
Other	19	25.0%	23	24.0%		43	35.8%	19	32.2%
Years as caregiver
1–3 years	51	68.9%	60	64.5%	.3154	74	61.7%	32	58.2%	.0313	.2473
4–6 years	11	14.9%	22	23.7%		17	14.2%	16	29.1%
7 or more years	12	16.2%	11	11.8%		29	24.2%	7	12.7%
Caregiver burden
Mean (SD)	76	18.0 (8.4)	89	18.8 (9.3)	.5524	119	17.0 (8.7)	58	16.1 (9.3)	.4991	.0795
Religiosity
Mean (SD)	76	33. (4.6)	89	33.7 (4.6)	.9330	116	33.6 (4.6)	58	32.2 (5.6)	.0815	.3143

Abbreviations: ACP-Plan, Advance Care Treatment Plan; SD, standard deviation.