SINGLE MEASURE

Number of hours of care given

Sweep Title: Wave 8
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

Can you tell me whether in the last week [^your/his/her] [^husband/wife/partner/son/other son/daughter/other daughter/grandchild/other grandchild/sister/other/sister/brother/other brother/ other relative/ 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] helped [^you/[^name]] in person with these tasks for:

Response scale

01 Less than 20 hours,
02 20-34 hours,
03 Or, for 35 hours or more?

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2016
Ends January 2017
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1205