Nearly two-thirds of family caregivers are employed full or part-time (National Caregiving Alliance, 2004) they disproportionately come from lower-income households: 44 percent live in households under twice the federal poverty level, compared with one-third of non-caregivers (The Commonwealth Fund, 2005).

Further, women are likely to assist with more difficult caregiving tasks, such as toileting and bathing, while men are more likely to assist with finances or arrange for other care (Family Caregiver Alliance, 2012). While men also provide assistance, female caregivers tend to spend more time providing care than male caregivers (21.9 versus 17.4 hours per week). The percentage of family or informal caregivers who are women range from 53 to 68 percent, according to the Family Caregiver Alliance. Seven in ten caregivers are non-Hispanic White, 13 percent are African-American, and 2 percent each are Hispanic or Asian-American (National Alliance for Caregiving, 2009).Įstimates also suggest that the majority of caregivers are female. households) served as family caregivers for an ill or disabled relative. adult population involving 31 percent of all U.S. New York: Pergamon Press, 1962, 25–41.According to estimates from the National Alliance for Caregiving, during the past year, 65.7 million Americans (or 29 percent of the adult U.S. Washburne, (Ed.), Decisions, values, and groups (Vol. A program for research on experiments in social psychology. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1976. An evaluation of group intervention training for community caregivers. On the social psychology of the psychological experiment: With particular reference to demand characteristics and their implications. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1968, 10, 446–454. Evaluation apprehension and the social facilitation of dominant and subordinate responses. Dunnette, (Ed.), Handbook of industrial and organizational research. The design and conduct of quasi-experiments and true experiments in field settings. New York: Basic Books, 1964.Ĭook, T.D., & Campbell, D.T.

Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research.

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