This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006

Variable Details

Variablemainhelp
LabelQ2.14 Most of the time spent caring for this person?
Question text And which of these things takes up most of the time you spend caring for (name)?
Responses
1 Help with personal care eg washing, dressing, eating, toilet 32
2 Physical help eg helping in or out of bed or chair 5
3 Helping up or down stairs 1
4 Helping with paperwork or financial matters 6
5 Practical help eg shopping and housework 72
6 Other practical help eg gardening and decorating 3
7 Companionship 43
8 Take him or her out 17
9 Give medicine 2
10 Supervision 19
11 Other 6
98 Don’t know 0
-2 Skip, more than one type of help at Q13 43
-1 Skip, not a carer 981
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2006
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD. CODE ONE ONLY.
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
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2024 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.