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Table 1 Caregiver demographics

From: The association between caregiver well-being and care provided to persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders

Variable

T0 (n = 255)

T1 (n = 125)

Age in years, median (25th, 75th percentile)

60 (50, 73)

59.0 (50, 70)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

65 (25)

26 (21)

 Female

190 (75)

99 (79)

Educational achievement (ISCED classification), n (%)

 <High school

61 (24)

28 (23)

 High school grad

84 (33)

44 (35)

 >High school

110 (43)

53 (42)

Employment status, n (%)

 Full-time

60 (24)

34 (27)

 Part-time

24 (9)

11 (9)

 Unemployed

171 (67)

80 (64)

Income category (LICO), n (%)

 Low income

115 (46)

55 (45)

 Moderate income

79 (32)

38 (31)

 Middle class income

37 (15)

22 (18)

 High income

16 (7)

7 (6)

Marital status, n (%)

 Never married

44 (17)

16 (13)

 Married or living as married

148 (58)

70 (56)

 Widowed/divorced/separated

63 (25)

39 (31)

Relation to care recipient, n (%)

 Spouse

99 (39)

43 (34)

 Child

121 (47)

65 (52)

 Other family

35 (14)

17 (14)

 Years of caregiving, mean (SD)

4 (4)

4 (4)

 Caregiving time/week in minutes, median (25th, 75th percentile)

300 (180, 480)

NA

  1. ISCED Educational achievement classified based on the International Standard Classification of Education; LICO low income is based on the Federal Low-Income Cut-Offs of <$20,000; moderate income is $20,000–39,999; middle class income is $40,000–59,999; high income is ≥60,000; T 0 baseline; T 1 12-month follow-up; n number of participants