Table 3. Eldercare providers by relationship to care recipient and selected characteristics of eldercare providers, averages for the combined years 2023-2024

Table 3. Eldercare providers by relationship to care recipient and selected characteristics of eldercare providers, averages for the combined years 2023-2024
Characteristic	Number of eldercare providers (in thousands)	Percent of eldercare providers caring for(1)
Characteristic	Number of eldercare providers (in thousands)	A spouse or unmarried partner(2)	A parent	A grandparent(3)	Another related person	A friend or neighbor	Someone else
Age
Total, 15 years and over	38,192	8.9	46.6	11.7	24.3	15.3	4.2
15 to 24 years	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-
25 to 34 years	3,376	0.4	32.2	47.0	14.2	9.0	5.4
35 to 44 years	4,982	0.5	54.5	19.1	25.9	10.9	2.9
45 to 54 years	7,508	0.3	70.6	3.0	25.0	11.1	3.9
55 to 64 years	9,974	5.8	60.6	0.4	25.6	15.5	3.7
65 years and over	9,919	27.9	25.7	(5)-	25.9	23.6	5.9

Sex
Men	17,201	7.9	46.0	10.9	26.8	15.0	3.7
Women	20,990	9.8	47.1	12.4	22.2	15.5	4.6

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(6)
White	31,441	9.8	46.6	11.1	24.6	14.7	4.2
Black or African American	4,692	6.5	43.4	15.0	23.6	17.6	4.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	3,544	7.5	45.6	13.3	22.5	17.0	2.0

Employment status
Employed	23,569	3.0	53.5	14.8	25.3	11.9	3.6
Full-time workers	18,386	1.7	56.8	15.1	25.0	10.9	3.8
Part-time workers	5,183	7.9	42.0	13.9	26.3	15.3	3.0
Not employed	14,622	18.4	35.4	6.7	22.7	20.7	5.1

Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-
High school graduates, no college	9,431	11.9	45.0	8.6	21.9	17.5	4.6
Some college or associate degree	8,216	9.0	46.4	7.2	29.0	15.5	5.0
Bachelor's degree and higher	16,689	7.2	55.5	7.5	23.6	13.8	4.2

Parent of household children under 18 years
Parent of one or more household children	7,616	0.3	55.3	15.1	28.6	12.3	3.1
Parent of a household child age 6 to 17, none younger	5,115	0.5	59.3	8.7	27.2	13.1	3.5
Parent of a household child under age 6	2,501	(5)-	(4)-	28.1	31.7	10.5	2.1
Not a parent of a household child	30,576	11.1	44.4	10.9	23.2	16.0	4.5

Marital status
No spouse or unmarried partner present in household	14,080	1.8	48.4	18.7	19.0	17.8	5.1
Spouse or unmarried partner present in household	24,111	13.1	45.6	7.7	27.4	13.8	3.6
Footnotes (1) Categories sum to more than 100 percent because some eldercare providers cared for multiple people with whom they had different relationships. (2) Care for a spouse or unmarried partner may be underreported. See the Technical Note for more information. (3) Refers only to people caring for a grandparent who did not live with them. People caring for a grandparent with whom they lived are included in the category "Another related person." (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (5) Estimate is approximately zero. (6) Not all race categories are shown. People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
NOTE: Eldercare providers are those who, in the previous 3 to 4 months, cared for someone with a condition related to aging. Estimates were calculated for people who cared for at least one person age 65 or older. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over.

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Last Modified Date: September 25, 2025