Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2012

Variable Details

VariableHelpHo05
LabelHours of help received in last week: Daughter
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 19
2 Less than one hour 11
3 1-4 hours 57
4 5-9 hours 26
5 10-19 hours 27
6 20-34 hours 11
7 35-49 hours 5
8 50-99 hours 2
9 100 hours or more 3
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 1
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10171
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD E4. 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 2012.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.