Who informal carers care for by gender, 2017/18:

Data items included under this category include:
Person cared for:
Household member
-Parent
-Spouse/civil partner
-Cohabitee
-Son/Daughter
-Brother/Sister
-Other relative
-Non-relative

Non-household member
-Parent
-Spouse/civil partner
-Son/Daughter
-Other relative
-Non-relative
-Friend/neighbour
-Client of Voluntary Group
-Other

More than 1 person cared for (data taken for all informal
-Inside household
-Outside household
-Both inside and outside household

Sample size

All care recipients
-Parent
-Spouse/civil partner/cohabitee
-Son/Daughter
-Other relative
-Non-relative
-More than 1 person

Response scale for first sets of data items:
-All informal carers
-Male
-Female

Response scale for last set of data items:
-inside household
-outside household