SINGLE MEASURE

Providing care to others and time spent caring.

Sweep Title: 2012
Dataset: 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)

Question(s)

Nowadays, do you regularly or frequently do any of the things on this card for your parents/your mother/your father partner’s name’s?

01 Giving them lifts in your car if you have one
02 Shopping for them
03 Providing or cooking meals
04 Helping with basic personal needs like dressing, eating or bathing
05 Washing, ironing or cleaning
06 Dealing with personal affairs e.g. paying bills, writing letters
07 Decorating, gardening or house repairs
08 Any other help

IF cohort member does any tasks for parent(s)
How many hours do you spend doing this/these things for your parents/your mother/your father, partner’s name’s, parents/mother/father, parents/mother/father in a typical week?

Response scale

Part 1:
Yes
No

Part 2:
Range: 0..997

Participant age 41 - 43
Starts January 2012
Ends January 2013
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID BCS-1860