Table 1

Safe home care survey population characteristics

	All aides, n=1249		Agency-hired aides, n=634		Client-hired aides, n=615
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Age
<40	374	30	155	24	219	36
40–50	295	24	166	26	129	21
50–60	350	28	180	28	170	28
>60	203	16	118	19	85	14
Not reported	27	2	15	2	12	2
Gender
Female	1086	87	602	95	484	79
Male	159	13	31	5	128	21
Not reported	4	0	1	0	3	0
Nativity
Born in US	765	61	360	57	405	66
Born outside US	462	37	258	41	204	33
Not reported	22	2	16	3	6	1
Race
White	482	39	367	58	115	19
Black	480	38	137	22	343	58
American Indian/Alaskan native	6	0	3	0	3	0
Asian	56	4	33	5	23	4
Mixed	37	3	13	2	24	4
Not reported	188	15	81	13	107	17
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity
Yes	214	17	110	17	104	17
No	983	79	492	78	491	80
Not reported	52	4	32	5	20	3
Preferred language
English	918	74	450	71	468	76
Spanish	123	10	65	10	58	9
Other*	203	16	117	18	86	14
Occupation (usual)†‡
Personal care attendant	539	43	72	11	467	76
Home health aide	360	29	271	43	89	14
Personal care homemaker	358	29	243	38	115	19
Homemaker	227	22	230	36	47	8
Certified nursing assistant	112	9	74	12	38	6
Companion	103	8	71	11	32	5
Hospice aide	33	3	20	3	13	2
Any home care relevant professional certification§	800	64	572	90	228	37
Tenure with current employer
<2 years	369	29	172	27	197	32
2–9 years	608	49	275	43	333	54
≥10 years	226	18	164	26	62	10
Not reported	46	4	23	4	23	4
Measures of work load (mean, SD, IQR)
Visits in the past week	9.6, 9.7, 3–13		13.4, 10.5, 6–20		5.6, 7.0, 1–7
Hours worked per week in home care	25.5, 15.3, 15–30		25.8, 14.0, 15–30		25.3, 16.7, 15–30

*Includes the following languages: Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Cambodian, Vietnamese.
†The survey question was: What occupation do you do most of the time in home care?
‡Numbers sum to more than 100% because respondents could give multiple answers.
§Includes Certified Home Health Aide, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Homemaker, Certified Hospice Aide.