SINGLE MEASURE

Hours helped by carer

Sweep Title: 2017 Sweep
Dataset: Health Survey for England (HSE)

Question(s)

Thinking about [person who helps], in the last week how many hours have they helped you in person with these kinds of tasks?

Response scale

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTION: If Home care worker/ Personal Assistant or other care staff ‘live in’/’sleep in’, INCLUDE ALL hours they are on duty]
1 No help in the last week
2 Less than one hour
3 1-4 hours
4 5-9 hours
5 10-19 hours
6 20-34 hours
7 35-49 hours
8 50-99 hours
9 100 hours or more

F HelpHours = don’t know or refusal THEN
HelpHourB

Can you tell me whether in the last week your (helper’s name) helped you in person with these tasks for:….READ OUT….

1 Less than 20 hours
2 20-34 hours
3 Or for 35 hours or more?

Participant age 16 - 120
Starts January 2017
Ends January 2018
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Participant
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past week
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID HSE-970