Ethnic Differences in the Experience of Filial Caregiving: A Comparison of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Caregivers in Colorado

caring for elderly parents. The selection of measures was based on a conceptual framework wherein caregiving outcomes (both positive and negative) were viewed as a product of variables in five domains: background characteristics, cultural context, primary stressors, secondary stressors, and mediators. Using Multiple Classification Analysis wherein group differences in sociodemographic factors were controlled by treating them as covariates, Hispanic caregivers reported significantly greater adherence to norms of reciprocity, higher levels of caregiving involvement, larger family support networks, higher levels of caregiving satisfaction, and more gains derived from caregiving. Different "world views" and structural differences related ethnicity help explain these findings.