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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2012

Variable Details

VariablePrOldHr
LabelTotal hours providing help in last week
Question text Thinking about the total time you spend providing support or help to [text fill (if also some younger) the older people that you care for], [name of person cared for], about how many hours altogether did you spend last week helping them?
Responses
1 Less than one hour per week 28
2 1-4 hours 71
3 5-9 hours 42
4 10-19 hours 26
5 20-34 hours 14
6 35-49 hours 2
7 50-99 hours 3
8 100 hours or more 3
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 10144
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD E12. EXPLAIN IF NECESSARY: not help over the phone or by internet, or doing occasional errands/odd jobs without the respondent. IF YOU THINK THE ANSWER MAY BE A DAILY AMOUNT, CHECK ‘So that is xx hours in the last week?’, CHANGE ANSWER IF NECESSARY NOTE: ROUND DOWN IF NECESSARY, e.g. IF 4.5 HOURS, CODE ‘1-4 hours'.
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.
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