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A national profile of primary and secondary household caregivers
— estimates from the 1992 and 1993 Surveys on Income and Program Participation | | Author(s) | Jae Kennedy, Craig Walls, Dawn Owens-Nicholson |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 17, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 39-58 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Employment ; Cross national surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | According to the 1992 and 1993 Surveys of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), an estimated 4,538,000 adults in the US serve as primary caregivers for one or more household members with disabilities. Another 530,000 serve as secondary caregivers. Spouses are the main source of assistance with primary activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL), while adult children and other family members are the main source of secondary assistance. Primary household caregivers tend to be older and female, while secondary caregivers tend to be younger and male. Primary caregivers are more likely than the general adult population to rate their health as fair or poor, describe themselves as work-disabled, and be limited in or need assistance with ADLs. Secondary caregivers report slightly higher rates of work disability than the general population, but similar rates of ADL limitation and health status. Both caregiver groups are more likely than the general population to have annual family incomes below the poverty line, and those of working age (18-64) are much less likely to work full time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826248 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: F:W: CC: CA: WJ: 3K: 7T |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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