Variable	SoC (100), n* (%)	Intervention (88), n* (%)	P-value
Gender:			0.305
Male	61 (61)	60 (68)
Female	39 (39)	28 (32)
Education:			0.319
None	1 (1)	4 (5)
Less than high school	32 (33)	27 (31)
High school or higher	65 (66)	55 (64)
Literacy:			0.589
Can read & write	89 (93)	76 (90)
Cannot read & write	7 (7)	8 (10)
[missing]	4	4
Religion:			0.290
Hindu	78 (78)	74 (84)
Muslim	22 (22)	14 (16)
Language:			0.492
Bengali	79 (79)	73 (83)
Hindi	21 (21)	15 (17)
Occupation:			0.329
Works outside of home	63 (66)	51 (59)
Works in home	33 (34)	36 (41)
[missing]	2	1
Health self-rating:			0.001
Very good-Excellent	24 (24)	12 (14)
Good	38 (38)	57 (65)
Fair-Poor	38 (38)	19 (22)
Marital status:			0.499
Single	22 (23)	23 (27)
Married	76 (78)	63 (73)
[missing]	2	2
Relationship to patient			0.445
Spouse	28 (28)	29 (33)
Son/Daughter	47 (47)	38 (43)
Sibling	5 (5)	8 (9)
Other relative	18 (18)	13 (15)
Friend	2 (2)	0
Living situation:			0.874
Lives with patient	76 (76)	66 (75)
Does not live with patient	24 (24)	22 (25)
Shared caregiving:			0.795
Sole caregiver	13 (14)	11 (13)
Multiple caregivers	78 (86)	74 (87)
[missing]	9	3
Caregiving experience:			0.028
Had previous experience	50 (50)	30 (34)
No previous experience	50 (50)	58 (66)