Mnemonic: hh_carers
Applicability: Household
Type: Derived variable
Definition
An unpaid carer may look after, give help or support to anyone who has long-term physical or mental ill-health conditions, illness or problems related to old age.
This does not include any activities as part of paid employment.
This help can be within or outside of the carer's household.
Classification
Total number of categories: 6
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 0 | No unpaid carers in household |
| 1 | 1 unpaid carer in household |
| 2 | 2 unpaid carers in household |
| 3 | 3 unpaid carers in household |
| 4 | 4 or more unpaid carers in household |
| -8 | Does not apply* |
*Households with no usual residents.
Quality information
We did not ask people aged under five years whether they provided unpaid care, so this variable counts usual residents aged five years and over.
Read more in our Health, disability and unpaid care quality information for Census 2021 methodology.
Background
Read about how we developed and tested the questions for Census 2021.
Comparability with the 2011 Census
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from the 2011 Census. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland comparisons
Highly comparable
What does highly comparable mean?
A variable that is highly comparable means that it can be directly compared with the variable from Scotland and Northern Ireland. The questions and options that people could choose from may be slightly different, for example the order of the options may be swapped around, but the data collected is the same.
Find out more about variables produced for Census 2021 in Northern Ireland and Census 2022 in Scotland.
Census 2021 data that uses this variable
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