Hours per week spent caring
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Question asked in the latest wave:
caringearly_ip17.aidhrsear
Question label:
Hours per week spent caring
Question text:
Now thinking about everyone who you look after or provide help for, 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?
Question universe:
if [ff_careexpw17 = 1] // Activity-based question asked late
And if [AIDXHHEAR = 1 OR AIDHHEAR = 1] // Non-resident or someone in household cared for
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:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2271 | 91.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 30 | 1.2% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.04% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.04% |
| 0 - 4 hours per week | 1 | 66 | 2.65% |
| 5 - 9 hours per week | 2 | 35 | 1.4% |
| 10 - 19 hours per week | 3 | 21 | 0.84% |
| 20 - 34 hours per week | 4 | 9 | 0.36% |
| 35 - 49 hours per week | 5 | 9 | 0.36% |
| 50 - 99 hours per week | 6 | 4 | 0.16% |
| 100 or more hours per week/continuous care | 7 | 22 | 0.88% |
| Varies under 20 hours | 8 | 7 | 0.28% |
| Varies 20 hours or more | 9 | 10 | 0.4% |
| Other | 97 | 8 | 0.32% |
| Total | 2494 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.23 | 2303 | 1.0 | 97.0 | 18.99 | 191 |
