SINGLE MEASURE

Informal carers by gender, age & no. of hours per week providing care

Sweep Title: FRS 2012/13
Dataset: Family Resources Survey (FRS)

Question(s)

Adult informal carers by gender, age and number of hours per week providing care

Data collected under the following data items:
Percentage of male adult carers
Age
16-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-59
60-64
65-74
75+
All male carers

Percentage of male adult carers
Age
16-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-59
60-64
65-74
75+
All female carers

Response scale

Response scale for all data items:
“Less than 5 hours”
“5 but less than 20 hours”
“20 but less than 35 hours”
“35 but less than 50 hours”
“50 or more hours ”
“Varies, less than 35 hours”
“Varies, more than 35 hours”
Sample size (=100%)

Participant age 0 - 120
Starts January 2012
Ends January 2013
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Data manager
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Quarterly
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID frs-2396