Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2011

Variable Details

VariableHelpHo02
LabelHours of help received in last week: son
Question text Thinking about (helper’s role/name), in the last week how many hours have they helped you in person with these kinds of tasks? (If person who cares for respondent lives in the household) Please only think about the hours they were helping you with these kinds of tasks and not about the time they were around in the house or there to help you if you needed it.
Responses
1 No help in the last week 18
2 Less than one hour 7
3 1-4 hours 50
4 5-9 hours 19
5 10-19 hours 7
6 20-34 hours 4
7 35-49 hours 3
8 50-99 hours 2
9 100 hours or more 3
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 1
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10503
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD F4. EXPLAIN IF NECESSARY: not help over the phone or by internet or doing occasional errands or odd jobs without the respondent NOTE: ROUND DOWN IF NECESSARY, e.g. IF 4.5 HOURS, CODE ‘1-4 hours’ IF 2 PEOPLE HELP AT THE SAME TIME, CODE DOUBLE THE HOURS [If identified at HelpForm: INSTRUCTION: If Home care worker/Personal Assistant or other care staff ‘live in’/’sleep in’, INCLUDE ALL hours they are on duty]
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2011.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.