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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007

Variable Details

Variablefamcare2
LabelQ6.39 How do you feel about providing care for a parent?
Question text Some people feel they ought to care for older family members themselves, while others disagree. Imagine that either now, or at some time in the future, your parent needed regular help and that providing this help would take about 10 hours a week. Which of the statements on this card comes closest to how you would feel about providing this care? Please just read out the letter.
Responses
1 I could not provide this care under any circumstances 28
2 if I could afford it I would pay for someone else to provide 70
3 I could provide some of this care for my parents but I would 177
4 I would want to provide all or most of this care for my pare 195
5 I would provide most or all of this care in any circumstance 120
6 I am already providing care for my parents 29
7 My parents are in a home already 19
8 Other answer (WRITE IN) 6
98 Don't know 14
-3 Skip from CONTPARS 2
-2 Skip 0
-1 Skip from PALIVE 518
99 Not answered 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD. IF ASKED: We mean help with things like getting washed and dressed, and getting a meal ready.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2007
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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