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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariablePREFHELP50
LabelC8 If you were in the situation of needing help with personal care, which would you 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 1. I would prefer my own children to help me 166
2 2. I would prefer other family members or friends to help me 146
3 3. I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help 220
4 4. I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the hel 71
5 OTHER (Please say what) 6
98 (Don’t know) 29
-1 Skip, respondent aged under 50 564
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2015.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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