Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variablecarewho
LabelQ2.5 Relationship to main person you care for
Question text Now thinking of the person you mainly care for (that is the person you spend most hours per week caring for). Is that person... your husband, wife or partner, your child or step-child, your foster child, your parent, your parent-in-law, your grandparent, your brother or sister, another relative or a friend or neighbour?
Responses
1 your husband, wife or partner 46
2 your child or step-child 34
3 your foster child 0
4 your parent 99
5 your parent-in-law 14
6 your grandparent 13
7 your brother or sister 14
8 another relative 23
9 or a friend or neighbour 9
10 Other,please specify 0
98 Don’t know 0
-1 Skip, not a carer 978
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2006.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study