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Census of Population of Ireland 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2006
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IRL_2006_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Unpaid carer for other person (IE2006A_0430)

Data file: IRL2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 237
End: 237
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Unpaid carer for other person
Categories
Value Category
1 Unpaid carer
2 Not a carer (including unknown)
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person is an unpaid carer.
Universe
Persons age 15 and older

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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