Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants*

Characteristic	N (%)	Mean (95% CI)
N	239
Age of participant		48.6 (45.8–51.3)
Number of adults 65+ in household		0.5 (0.4–0.6)
Female gender	129 (58.7)
Race
White	178 (73.4)
Black	31 (15.6)
Asian	5 (3.5)
Other	20 (7.5)
Rural residence	23 (13.5)
Geographic residence
Urban	205 (86.5)
Large rural	12 (2.6)
Small rural	6 (8.7)
Isolated	5 (2.2)
Hispanic	31 (14.8)
Income <$50 000	62 (33)
Less than high school education	8 (5.3)
Married	113 (49.2)
Number of children in household		0.6 (0.3–0.8)
Foreign born status
Born in the United States (or a territory)	211 (85.5)
Born abroad to at least one American parent	7 (5.2)
Neither born in the United States (nor a territory) nor to an American parent	21 (9.4)
Employment status
Full-time, all year round	125 (52)
Part-time	32 (16.5)
Retired	45 (13.4)
Disabled or unable to work	10 (7.1)
Not working	26 (11)
Hours worked last week		26.8 (22.7–30.9)
Method of payment for paid care
Insurance through Medicare	56 (23.8)
Insurance through Medicaid	34 (18.8)
Privately paid, without insurance	102 (40.6)
Other	36 (16.9)
Hours of paid care/week		34.3 (28.5–40.1)
How connected was home care worker to the person cared for?
Not at all connected	4 (1.1)
Slightly connected	14 (12.1)
Somewhat connected	28 (12.7)
Very connected	193 (74.1)
Important of home care worker to the overall care?
Not at all important	26 (15)
Slightly important	38 (22.6)
Somewhat important	58 (16)
Very important	115 (46.5)
Overall experience of having a paid home care worker
Very negative	5 (2.5)
Somewhat negative	7 (3.5)
Neither positive nor negative	19 (8.5)
Somewhat positive	77 (31.1)
Very positive	131 (54.5)

Note: CI = confidence interval.

*Participant who responded to the survey may or may not be the one receiving care.