SINGLE MEASURE

Providing care

Sweep Title: Wave 10 Self-completion
Dataset: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)

Question(s)

For the next set of questions, please think about the things you did yesterday and how you spent your time. For example, if you spent one and a half hours, write 1 in the hours box and 30 in the minutes boxes. If you spent only half an hour, write 0 in the hour box and 30 in the minute boxes.
How much time did you spend yesterday doing the following things?

Looking after someone – e.g. a sick or disabled relative, a grandchild, or someone else?

Response scale

Hours/minutes
I did not do this yesterday

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2021
Ends January 2023
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past day
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-3858