SINGLE MEASURE

Caring responsibilities - hours per week

Sweep Title: Wave 18
Dataset: British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)

Question(s)

In total, how many hours do you spend each week looking after or helping (him/her/them)?

Response scale

0 – 4 hours per week
5 – 9 hours per week .
10-19 hours per week .
20-34 hours per week .
35-49 hours per week .
50-99 hours per week
100 or more hours per week/
continuous care ..
Varies under 20 hours .
Varies 20 hours or more .
Other (SPECIFY)
Don’t know

Participant age 16 - 120
Starts January 2008
Ends January 2009
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? Yes
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID BHPS-2147