SINGLE MEASURE

Number of hours of care given

Sweep Title: Wave 7
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

Thinking about [^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] in the last week how many hours have they helped [^you/[^name]] in person with these kinds of tasks?

Response scale

01 No help in the last week,
02 Less than one hour,
03 1-4 hours,
04 5-9 hours,
05 10-19 hours,
06 20-34 hours,
07 35-49 hours,
08 50-99 hours,
09 100 hours or more

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2014
Ends January 2015
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-1263