Hours per week spent caring version B
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Question asked in the latest wave:
caringb_ip15.aidhrsb
Question label:
Hours per week spent caring version B
Question text:
Now thinking about everyone you give unpaid support or help to - both those living with you and not living with you - in total, how many hours do you spend each week looking after or helping them because of their long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age?
Question universe:
if ff_infcarew15 = 2 (Informal care experimental group 2 (Treatment B))
and if (CareTaskHH = 1 thru 14|97)| (CareTaskNonHH = 1 thru 4|97) (Cares for someone in household or outside the household)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF IT VARIES PROBE WHETHER USUALLY UNDER OR OVER 20 HOURS A WEEK INCLUDE CARE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HOUSEHOLD
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2477 | 91.07% |
| proxy | -7 | 34 | 1.25% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.11% |
| 0 - 4 hours per week | 1 | 90 | 3.31% |
| 5 - 9 hours per week | 2 | 39 | 1.43% |
| 10 - 19 hours per week | 3 | 26 | 0.96% |
| 20 - 34 hours per week | 4 | 9 | 0.33% |
| 35 - 49 hours per week | 5 | 12 | 0.44% |
| 50 - 99 hours per week | 6 | 1 | 0.04% |
| 100 or more hours per week/around the clock support | 7 | 8 | 0.29% |
| Varies under 20 hours | 8 | 9 | 0.33% |
| Varies 20 hours or more | 9 | 4 | 0.15% |
| Other | 97 | 7 | 0.26% |
| Total | 2720 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.81 | 2515 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 17.32 | 205 |



