title: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Caregiving Frequency: Does Immigrant Status Matter?
abstract: With growing diversity in the older adult and caregiver populations, the purpose of the current study is to describe the extent to which elder care frequency varies by race/ethnicity and immigrant/native status using national data from the United States.
  
  
  
  Using pooled data from the 2011-2014 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS; N = 7,855), we present multinomial logistic regressions of caregiving frequency by race/ethnicity and immigrant/native status and explore whether factors within the caregiving domain (duration of care, number of care recipients, and coresidence) attenuate any observed differences.
  
  
  
  Compared to non-Latino Whites, non-Latino Black, Mexican-origin, and other Latino caregivers engage in more frequent elder care activities, which is partially attributable to high levels of coresidence among these subpopulations. Although immigrant caregivers, in general, tend to engage in more time-intensive caregiving, for Mexican-origin and other Latino caregivers, U.S.-born caregivers report more frequent elder care provision.
  
  
  
  More time-intensive and demanding caregiving careers reported by racial/ethnic minority and immigrant caregivers further emphasize the need for culturally competent home- and community-based care options.
authors: Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Sunshine M
authors: SM
authors: Rote
authors: Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Heehyul
authors: H
authors: Moon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017028:Caregivers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult