You asked
I would like data on the well-being of informal carers. I am looking for:
data on the well-being of informal carers (unpaid) similar to the data provided for sandwich carers, from 2009 to the present
the basic demographics of the carers
data surrounding the four Domains of Social Capital of the carers
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We do not hold information on the well-being of informal adult carers or the social capital generated by them.
However, there are a range of surveys which ask respondents the standard four subjective well-being questions used by the Office for National Statistics. You can find a list of these surveys using the following link. A range of these surveys could be used to run analysis to measure the well-being of informal adult carers compared to other sub-groups of the population of the United Kingdom and you may be able to download the data by signing up to the UK Data Service.
Other related information:
In October 2018, we published the economic value of informal adult care in a statistical publication called the Household Satellite Account, available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/householdsatelliteaccounts2015and2016
In the same month, we also published regional estimates of unpaid work where informal adult social is a sub-category. This is available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/satelliteaccounts/adhocs/009165regionalestimatesoftimeperformingunpaidhouseholdservicework
In July 2017, we published an article covering some general statistics about informal adult care, available from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/articles/unpaidcarersprovidesocialcareworth57billion/2017-07-10
In November 2016, we published an article: Changes in the value and division of unpaid care work in the UK: 2000 to 2015, available from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/satelliteaccounts/articles/changesinthevalueanddivisionofunpaidcareworkintheuk/2000to2015
This includes estimates of the amount and value of informal child and adult care in the UK with analyses by socio-demographic variables including sex, age, and labour market status.
We published the following three articles in 2013 that might be of interest to you:
2011 Census analysis: Unpaid care in England and Wales, 2011 and comparison with 2001 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/2011censusanalysisunpaidcareinenglandandwales2011andcomparisonwith2001/2013-02-15
Providing unpaid care may have an adverse effect on young carers’ general health http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census-analysis/provision-of-unpaid-care-in-england-and-wales--2011/sty-unpaid-care.html
Full story: The gender gap in unpaid care provision: is there an impact on health and economic position? https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/articles/fullstorythegendergapinunpaidcareprovisionisthereanimpactonhealthandeconomicposition/2013-05-16
In terms of social capital, the last release ONS published did not specifically analyse the social capital of informal carers but did give some information about the whole of the UK population: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/socialcapitalintheuk/may2017
A wider ranging pool of relevant ONS publications can be found at: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105232121/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-national-well-being/index.html