21 Do you provide regular unpaid personal help for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability?
Include problems which are due to old age.
Personal help includes help with basic tasks such as feeding or dressing.
[] 1 Yes, 1-14 hours a week
[] 2 Yes, 15-28 hours a week
[] 3 Yes, 29-42 hours a week
[] 4 Yes 43 or more hours a week
[] 5 No
The results of question 21 will facilitate an assessment to be made of the extent to which unpaid personal help is provided by carers in our society, along with the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the carers themselves. This question was asked for the first time in Census 2002.
Some guidelines on answering question 21:
- The receipt of 'Carers allowance' is not considered payment for the purposes of this question.
- 'Meals-on-wheels' staff are not considered as carers for the purposes of this question.