Little attention has been given to how Hispanics differ from non-Hispanics in the well-being they experience while engaging in elder care. This paper uses the 2012 and 2013 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) and their corresponding Well-being Modules (WBM) to examine how elder care is associated with experiential well-being and how this differs for Hispanic and non-Hispanic caregivers. The sample is limited to regular caregivers for the elderly as defined in the ATUS. Ordered probit models are estimated for several measures of experiential well-being, separately for Hispanic and non-Hispanic subsamples. These measures include how meaningful an activity episode is for a respondent, and how happy, sad, tired, in pain, and stressed they felt during the activity. Standard controls, including health status of the respondent, are included as regressors. Results suggest that, while Hispanics reported a greater psychic benefit (happiness and meaning) when engaging in elder care compared to other daily activities, they also reported higher sadness levels when caring for household members. Although the direct cause of sadness cannot be identified, these conflicting results are consistent with the literature suggesting that, even though Hispanics value collectivistic culture traits, such as familism and have positive caregiving examples from family members, they also have weaker support networks and are reluctant to report burden.

人们很少关注西班牙裔美国人与非西班牙裔美国人在享受老年护理时所经历的幸福感之间的区别。本文使用2012年和2013年美国时间使用状况调查（ATUS）及其相应的幸福感模块（WBM）来检查老年人护理与体验式幸福感之间的关系，以及西班牙裔和非西班牙裔护理员的差异。该样本仅限于ATUS中定义的定期照料老年人。对于西班牙裔和非西班牙裔子样本，分别针对几种体验式幸福度的量度，对有序概率模型进行了估计。这些措施包括活动发作对受访者的意义如何，以及他们在活动中感到的快乐，悲伤，疲倦，痛苦和压力感。标准控件（包括响应者的健康状况）作为回归指标包括在内。结果表明，尽管与其他日常活动相比，西班牙裔人在进行老年护理时报告了更大的精神收益（幸福和意义），但他们在照料家庭成员时也表现出更高的悲伤感。尽管无法确定造成悲伤的直接原因，但这些矛盾的结果与文献表明相符，尽管西班牙裔人重视集体主义的文化特征，例如家庭主义，并有家人的积极照料，但他们的支持网络也较弱，不愿意报告负担。