Hours per week spent caring version A
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caringa_ip15.aidhrsa
Question label:
Hours per week spent caring version A
Question text:
Now thinking about everyone you give unpaid support to - both those living with you and not living with you - in total, how many hours do you spend each week giving unpaid support to them because of their long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses, or problems related to old age?
Question universe:
if ff_infcarew15 = 1 (Informal care experimental group 1 (Treatment A))
and if AIDA = 1 (Gives unpaid support to someone)
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 | 2516 | 92.5% |
| proxy | -7 | 34 | 1.25% |
| 0 - 4 hours per week | 1 | 84 | 3.09% |
| 5 - 9 hours per week | 2 | 27 | 0.99% |
| 10 - 19 hours per week | 3 | 13 | 0.48% |
| 20 - 34 hours per week | 4 | 11 | 0.4% |
| 35 - 49 hours per week | 5 | 10 | 0.37% |
| 50 - 99 hours per week | 6 | 3 | 0.11% |
| 100 or more hours per week/around the clock support | 7 | 11 | 0.4% |
| Varies under 20 hours | 8 | 7 | 0.26% |
| Varies 20 hours or more | 9 | 2 | 0.07% |
| Other | 97 | 2 | 0.07% |
| Total | 2720 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.73 | 2550 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 10.45 | 170 |



