Table 3 Caregiver Characteristics (Total Study Sample)

Primary Informal CG (%)

Lives with client

56.1

64.9

66.6

58.1

56.9 ^ns

62.6

80.0

71.2

59.4 ^ns

68.5

58.1

52.2

57.1

Relationship of Primary CG (%)

Child/child-in-law

54.2

41.5

20.1

32.7

27.9

4.1

23.1

13.3

19.6

23.3

50.3

47.2

49.3

Spouse

33.8

46.8

51.2

35.1

29.2

9.2

63.0

34.9

42.1

49.5

35.6

31.6

35.0

Other Relative

8.0

7.0

19.4

23.2

31.1

74.9

8.4

44.3

24.4

19.9

8.6

13.0

10.4

Friend/Neighbor

4.0

4.6

9.2

9.0

11.8

11.8

5.4

7.5

13.9

7.3

5.6

8.2

5.4

Secondary CG (%)

Present

75.8

74.0

63.8

68.1

67.9

67.4

69.5 ^ns

59.0 ^ns

54.1

68.5 ^ns

73.9

68.3

73.9

Primary Informal CG: Areas of Help (%)

ADLs

53.0

59.5

57.6

48.2

49.0

61.4

75.5

62.2

51.9

59.8

51.5

39.3

51.8

IADLs

92.3

92.3

89.4 ^ns

87.7

87.5

86.1

95.3

91.1 ^ns

88.4 ^ns

90.6 ^ns

91.6

88.4

91.5

Informal Help – Last 7 days (%)

0–7 h

16.3

15.0

20.9

23.7

27.5

29.1

7.0

20.7

31.4 ^ns

19.5

18.2

26.4

18.2

8–14 h

20.0

18.3

19.6

21.5

20.8

12.7

11.5

16.3

19.3 ^ns

15.6

22.4

29.2

21.3

15–21 h

24.1

24.8

25.4

22.6

21.2

17.0

23.4

23.3

22.1 ^ns

20.3

26.0

26.2

25.1

22+ Hours

39.6

41.8

34.1

32.3

30.5

41.2

58.1

39.7

27.2 ^ns

44.6

33.4

18.3

35.5

Mean (std) Extent of Informal Help - Last 7 Days

Hours

28.2 (29.6)

28.3 (27.5)

24.0 (24.5)

24.9 (28.9)

24.2 (28.9)

31.2 (33.7)

40.2 (33.4)

27.8 (28.0)

20.9 ^ns (24.6)

29.3 (29.1)

24.2 (25.9)

16.3 (19.0)

25.6 (27.5)

Client or CG feel client better living elsewhere (%)

Client Only

1.0

2.0

3.6

3.1

2.5 ^ns

3.5

2.3

2.6

4.5

1.3

2.0

2.4

1.7

Caregiver Only

32.4

12.9

4.5

11.7

10.4 ^ns

6.0

4.9

2.6

1.9

18.0

12.0

4.9

20.4

Client and Caregiver

15.2

19.4

10.5

13.4

12.3 ^ns

8.3

12.8

8.6

9.0

27.8

14.4

10.4

14.7

Caregiver Distress (%)

35.3

29.5

19.2 ^ns

25.6

20.7

19.7 ^ns

29.7

19.0 ^ns

16.5 ^ns

36.7

22.8

13.4

28.0