Table 1.

Characteristics of Black Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Older Adults

	Total	No paid help	Paid help	p-value
	%	%	%
Caregiving Context
Age
<65	36.7	37.8	32.4	0.61
65–74	41.3	40.5	44.4
75+	22.0	21.6	23.2
Gender
Male	39.1	37.3	45.9	0.25
Female	60.9	62.7	54.1
Education
High school or less	55.7	58.4	45.4	0.01
Some college	18.4	19.0	16.1
College degree or higher	25.8	22.6	38.6
Relationship to care recipient
Spouse	14.8	13.8	18.5	0.14
Child	51.3	49.8	57.2
Other	33.9	36.4	24.4
Caregiving stressors
Caregiver characteristics
Fair/poor self-rated health	24.6	25.2	22.0	0.60
Hours of care in the past week
<20 hours of care	38.5	38.3	39.1	0.76
21–39 hours of care	22.9	23.8	19.5
40 or more hours of care	38.6	37.9	41.4
Care recipient characteristics
Probable dementia	26.2	26.0	26.7	0.90
Level of assistance
Household help only	28.4	29.8	22.9	0.03
1–2 Self-care/mobility activities	42.3	45.2	31.4
3 or more self-care/mobility activities	29.4	25.0	45.6
Medicaid-enrolled	43.9	42.8	47.9	0.45
Federal poverty-level status
<100% federal poverty level	32.6	29.7	43.8	0.04
100–<200% federal poverty level	46.1	48.6	37.1
200% federal poverty level or greater	21.2	21.8	19.1
Caregiving supports
Receives help from family and friends	24.4	27.7	12.0	0.01
Caregiving experiences
Emotional difficulty	17.7	15.8	24.9	0.01
Physical difficulty	10.1	8.7	15.4	0.04
Financial difficulty	15.4	14.9	17.2	0.54

Note. Data are survey-weight adjusted; National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study on Caregiving 2015; 572 caregivers identifying as non-Hispanic Black, caring for community-dwelling older adults who report receiving assistance with self-care, mobility, and household activities (for a health reason). Data missing for gender (n=3), education (11), self-rated health (n=5), and receives help from family and friends (n=2). α=<0.05 indicates significance for all comparisons.