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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2010

Variable Details

Variableprefhelp
LabelSocial Care Q4: If you need care as you get older. What kind of help would you ideally prefer?
Question text Suppose that in years to come as you get older, you yourself begin to need increasing amounts of help with personal care such as washing or dressing. What kind of help would you ideally prefer?
Responses
1 I would prefer my own children to help me 304
2 I would prefer other family members or friends to help me 286
3 I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help me 461
4 I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the help t 115
5 Other 24
8 Don't know 10
9 Not answered 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2010.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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