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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Child Development Study: Sweep 7, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variablen7caret
LabelNumber of hours per week spent looking after person(s)
Question text About how long do you spend each week looking after or helping this person/these people?
Responses
1 0-9 hours per week 889
2 10-19 hours per week 266
3 20-34 hours per week 121
4 35-49 hours per week 53
5 50-99 hours per week 34
6 100 or more hours per week 112
7 It varies 157
97 Other 41
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 5
-7 Other missing 0
-1 N/a Does not care for anyone who is sick/disabled/elderly 7856
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Child Development Study: Sweep 7, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsCODE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS FOR ALL PERSONS CARED FOR.
UniverseAdults in Great Britain born in one particular week in 1958 (NCDS respondents were aged 46-47 at the time of NCDS7).;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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