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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableFamCare2
LabelIf family needed regular help which would take about 10 hours a week? AB606
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, (one of) your parent(s) 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 73
2 If I could afford it, I would pay for someone else to provid 159
3 I could provide some of this care for my parent(s), but 341
4 Would want to provide most or all of this care for my parent 344
5 I would provide most or all of this care in any circumstance 155
6 I am already providing care for my parent(s) 42
7 My parent(s) are in a home already 15
8 Other answer (WRITE IN) 17
98 Don't know 10
99 Not answered 4
-3 Skip,never see/not know where parents 31
-2 Skip, C+D versions 2102
-1 Skip,no parents alive 831
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsCARD G15 (IF ASKED: we mean help with things like getting washed and dressed, and getting a meal ready)
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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