The prevalence of informal caregiving to persons with aids in the United States: Caregiver characteristics and their implications

Heather A. Turner, Joseph A. Catania and John Gagnon

Social Science & Medicine, 1994, vol. 38, issue 11, 1543-1552

Abstract: Based on U.S. national (N = 2673) and central cities (N = 8263) probability samples, this paper: (1) presents estimates of the proportion of the United States population that has provided informal care to persons with AIDS; (2) identifies socio-demographic characteristics of 'typical' AIDS caregivers in the U.S.; and (3) discusses social, economic and health-related implications of informal caregiving to persons with AIDS. Results indicate that 5.0% of all adults age 18-75 living within central cities and 3.2% of the entire adult U.S. population have provided care to a friend, relative or lover with AIDS. Although caregivers are distributed throughout different age and ethnic groups, the majority of caregivers are younger (

Keywords: AIDS; caregiving; prevalence; socio-demographics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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