Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2006

Module: Informal Carers

This page lists the questions asked within the Informal Carers module in 2006. Clicking on the question name printed to the left of every question will bring you to the tables of results for that question. Publications and further information on Informal Carers can be found on the Informal Care Resources page.


CAREHOME: Is there anyone living with you whom you look after?

NUMHOME: How many people living with you do you look after or help?

CARESEP: Do you provide regular service/help for someone not living with you?

NUMSEP: How many people not living with you do you look after or help?

CAREWHO: Who do you provide care for?

CARESEX: Gender of person that respondent cares for.

CAREAGE: Age of person that respondent cares for.

CARELIVE: Do you live with the person you provide care for?

CAREOAGE: Do you provide care to someone due to old age or frailty?

CAREPDIS: Do you provide care to someone with a physical disability?

CAREPILL: Do you provide care to someone with a physical illness?

CARELDIS: Do you provide care to someone with a learning disability?

CAREMILL: Do you provide care to someone with a mental illness?

CAREHOUR: How many hours per day do you provide care?

CAREDAYS: On how many days per week do you provide care?

DOCARE1: Do you help with personal care to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE2: Do you give physical help to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE3: Do you give help up/down staires to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE4: Do you give help with paperwork to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE5: Do you give practical help to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE6: Do you give other practical help to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE7: Do you give companionship to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE8: Do you take the person you provide care for out?

DOCARE9: Do you give medicine to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE10: Do you give supervision to the person you provide care for?

DOCARE11: Do you give other help to the person you provide care for?

MAINHELP: Which one of these things takes up most of the time you spend caring?

HELPMON: How long have you been caring for or helping?

DEPVISI1: Does (name) receive regular visits from a doctor?

DEPVISI2: Does (name) receive regular visits from a community or district nurse?

DEPVISI3: Does (name) receive regular visits from a health visitor?

DEPVISI4: Does (name) receive regular visits from a social worker?

DEPVISI5: Does (name) receive regular visits from home helps?

DEPVISI6: Does (name) receive regular visits from Meals on Wheels?

DEPVISI7: Does (name) receive regular visits from a voluntary worker?

DEPVISI8: Does (name) receive regular visits from another visitor or service?

DEPVISI9: Does (name) receive not regular visits from anyone?

RELHELP1: Does a relative help look after (name)?

RELHELP2: Does a friend help look after (name)?

RELHELP3: Does a neighbour help look after (name)?

RELHELP4: Does a paid helper help look after (name)?

RELHELP5: Does anyone else help look after (name)?

RELHELP6: Does nobody else help look after (name)?

DEPREL: Do people who need care get most of their help from relatives?

FORGRANT: Are carers too often taken for granted by the authorities?

CARDUTY: Is looking after family members a duty and carers should not be paid by the authorities?

RELWILL: Are relatives less willing than they used to be to look after other family members?

CARBENEF: Should all carers be entitled to a state benefit which recognises their work?

GOVCARE: Does the government provide most of the help for people needing care?

WOMCARE2: Should women be prepared to give up their jobs to care for family members?

MENCARE2: Should men be prepared to give up their jobs to care for family members?

ELDCARE: Who should provide the bulk of the care for elderly people?

OWNPROV: Should it be everyone's responsibility to make their own provision so that they can pay for their own care when they are old?

NOTPAY: Should people who have paid tax all their lives be expected to pay for any care they may need when they are old?

MKRELCAR: Should relatives be made to care for close family members who need help?

ELDSELL: Should elderly people sell their own home to meet the cost of living in an old person's home?


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