SINGLE MEASURE

Hours of care received

Sweep Title: Wave 10 main
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?
[^BLANK/Please only think about the hours they were helping [^you/[^name]] with these kinds of tasks and not about the time they were around in the house or there to help [^you/[^name]] if [^you/he/she] needed it.

Do not include occasional errands/odd jobs without the respondent such as picking up glasses or returning library books

Response scale

No help in the last week,
Less than one hour,
1-4 hours,
5-9 hours,
10-19 hours,
20-34 hours,
35-49 hours,
50-99 hours,
100 hours or more

Participant age 50 - 120
Starts January 2021
Ends January 2023
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID ELSA-3877