Table 1.
Sample Characteristics (N = 166)
| Total sample | Home care use (n = 81) | No home care use (n = 85) | t-test | χ 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | % | M | SD | % | M | SD | % | M | SD | ||
| Age | 53.85 | 12.98 | 58.35 | 12.16 | 49.52 | 12.31 | −4.97*** | ||||
| Gender (female) | 75.3 | 72.8 | 77.6 | 0.83 | |||||||
| Race/ethnicity | 4.11 | ||||||||||
| White | 72.1 | 78.8 | 65.9 | ||||||||
| Black/African American | 10.9 | 7.4 | 14.1 | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 9.7 | 8.6 | 10.6 | ||||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.7 | ||||||||
| Other | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.7 | ||||||||
| Education | 2.75 | ||||||||||
| GED/high school graduate | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Some college | 19.3 | 21.0 | 17.6 | ||||||||
| College graduate | 28.9 | 22.2 | 35.3 | ||||||||
| Graduate school or greater | 51.8 | 56.8 | 47.1 | ||||||||
| Relationship to care recipient | 22.30 | ||||||||||
| Spouse | 0 | ||||||||||
| Child | 75.3 | ||||||||||
| Sibling | 6.6 | ||||||||||
| Other | 18.1 | ||||||||||
| Caregiver employed (yes) | 68.7 | 66.7 | 70.6 | 0.77 | |||||||
| Care recipient dementia diagnosis (yes) | 28.7 | 37.5 | 20.2 | 6.26* | |||||||
| Distance from care recipient (miles) | 861.34 | 1,145.73 | 836.24 | 917.64 | 885.25 | 1,332.44 | 0.77 | ||||
| Travel time to care recipient (hours) | 6.24 | 6.63 | 6.65 | 8.17 | 5.90 | 4.78 | 0.48 | ||||
| Care recipient functional status | 30.52 | 11.57 | 37.22 | 10.60 | 24.31 | 8.62 | −8.65*** | ||||
| Care recipient cognitive status | 5.70 | 3.59 | 6.60 | 3.52 | 4.87 | 3.47 | −2.21** | ||||
| Perceived work interference | 7.97 | 2.40 | 6.58 | 2.51 | 6.78 | 2.19 | 2.05* | ||||
| Perceived family interference | 8.05 | 2.36 | 7.05 | 2.51 | 7.52 | 2.30 | 2.57* | ||||
| Home care hours per week | 63.98 | 65.16 | 0 | 0 | — | ||||||
Note: GED = General Educational Development.
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.