Regional Survey of caregivers

From Friday, March 25 – Tuesday, April 19, 2022 J. Wallin Opinion Research conducted a survey of caregivers from within Stanislaus and Merced Counties (19 specific cities and zip codes) that are within Legacy Health Endowment’s service area.

A caregiver provides care such as helping take an older person such as a parent, loved one or spouse to appointments or assisting them with shopping, taking medications or doing household chores. By age 40, a third of Americans are already caregivers for a loved one, and another thirty percent of the population is expected to become caregivers in the next five years. Younger adults are just as likely as those aged 40 and older to be a caregiver soon.

We surveyed 1,721 respondents. A survey of this size yields a margin of error of +/-2.3% (95% confidence interval).

We used live, professional interviewers, speaking Spanish and English languages and calling both mobile and landlines (88.8% of this survey’s base sample was completed on mobile phones), as well as online interviews via text, e-mail and social media invitations.

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