SINGLE MEASURE

Frequency of care

Sweep Title: Wave 9
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

Still thinking only about help received in person, how often does your/his/her/] husband/wife/partner/ son/other son/daughter/other grandchild /sister/other sister/ /other / other /friend/ other friend/neighbour/other neighbour/ the home care worker/ home help/ personal assistant/ the member of the reablement / intermediate care staff team/the voluntary helper/the warden / sheltered housing ││manager/the cleaner/the council’s handyman/the member of staff at the care/nursing home/the other helper] usually help [^you/[^name]]?

Response scale

01 Every day
02 Four to six times a week
03 Two or three times a week
04 Once a week
05 Once a fortnight/ every two weeks
06 Once a month
07 Less than once a month

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2018
Ends January 2019
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1147