Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Welsh Health Survey, 2008

Variable Details

Variablecarerhrs
LabelUnpaid carer (hours per week)
Question text Do you look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental illhealth or disability, or problems related to old age? Do not count anything you do as par t of your paid employment.
Responses
1 No 10266
2 Yes, 1-19 hours a week 1492
3 Yes, 20-49 hours a week 386
4 Yes, 50+ hours a week 558
-9 No answer/refused 611
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWelsh Health Survey, 2008
UniverseAdults aged 16 and over resident in Wales during 2008, and children aged 0 to 15 in the same private households.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study