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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variablefamcare
LabelR feel providing care2old family memQ418
Question text Some people feel they ought to care for older family members themselves, while others disagree. Imagine that either now or at sometime in the future (your parent/one of your parents) needed regular help and that providing this help would take about 10 hours a week. (IF ASKED: we mean help with things like getting washed and dressed, shopping, cooking or cleaning) Which of the statements on this card comes closest to how you wouldfeel about providing this care? Please just read out the letter.
Responses
-3 Skp,never see parents 12
-1 Skp,no parents alive 727
1 F R could not provide 31
2 E Pay to provide 110
3 R Provide some not all 289
4 H Provide most or all 191
5 X most/all any circumstances 130
6 S am providing care 20
7 K parent in home already 13
8 Other answer 15
98 Don't know 8
99 Not answered 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD F13.
UniversePersons aged 18 years and over resident in Scotland, including north of the Great Glen.;Scottish Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected annually.
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