Table 7. Percent of eldercare providers and time spent in caregiving on days they provided care by frequency of care and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2023-2024

Table 7. Percent of eldercare providers and time spent in caregiving on days they provided care by frequency of care and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2023-2024
Caregiving activity	Percent of eldercare providers who engaged in caregiving activities, on days they provided care(1)				Average hours per day eldercare providers spent providing care on days they engaged in eldercare
	Total	Frequency of care(2)			Total	Frequency of care(2)
	Total	Daily	Several times per week	Once a week or less	Total	Daily	Several times per week	Once a week or less
Total, activities reported as care done for those age 65 and over	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-	3.88	4.98	2.24	2.28
Eating and drinking	29.1	37.9	18.3	10.6	0.32	0.45	0.13	0.09
Household activities	42.1	54.8	25.8	(3)-	0.89	1.29	0.39	0.17
Housework	15.1	21.0	8.4	2.5	0.24	0.35	0.09	(3)-
Food preparation and cleanup	32.7	45.5	16.7	9.9	0.41	0.59	0.19	0.07
Lawn and garden care	4.5	5.2	4.4	1.6	0.10	0.13	(3)-	(3)-
Household management	5.7	8.4	0.9	2.6	0.04	0.07	(3)-	(3)-
Purchasing goods and services	14.0	15.4	11.6	12.8	0.14	0.16	0.10	0.09
Caring for and helping household members	20.9	32.3	4.4	5.7	0.35	0.55	(3)-	(3)-
Caring for household adults	19.0	29.8	3.7	3.5	0.30	0.49	(3)-	(3)-
Physical care for household adults	13.1	22.1	0.3	(4)-	0.18	0.30	(3)-	(3)-
Providing medical care to household adults	6.9	11.2	0.9	(4)-	0.06	0.09	(3)-	(3)-
Helping household adults	3.1	5.3	(4)-	(4)-	0.02	0.03	(3)-	(3)-
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	22.9	12.4	39.6	(3)-	0.34	0.23	0.58	0.39
Caring for nonhousehold adults	10.1	6.8	17.6	7.8	0.15	0.10	0.30	0.08
Physical care for nonhousehold adults	4.4	3.7	5.6	4.0	0.08	0.06	0.15	(3)-
Providing medical care to nonhousehold adults	2.6	1.3	5.9	0.8	0.01	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-
Helping nonhousehold adults	16.0	6.8	29.3	(3)-	0.19	0.12	0.28	(3)-
Housework, cooking, and shopping assistance for nonhousehold adults	6.7	3.5	12.8	8.4	0.08	0.05	0.13	(3)-
House and lawn maintenance and repair assistance for nonhousehold adults	1.9	0.5	3.5	5.4	0.04	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-
Picking up and dropping off nonhousehold adults	4.5	0.9	9.3	8.8	0.01	(3)-	0.02	0.02
Working and work-related activities	2.7	1.6	4.0	5.1	0.18	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	4.0	3.5	4.6	5.1	0.06	0.07	0.05	(3)-
Leisure and sports	38.5	42.8	33.8	(3)-	1.31	1.79	0.57	0.61
Socializing and communicating	22.0	20.1	25.6	(3)-	0.41	0.39	0.42	0.49
Watching TV	17.0	25.0	5.9	3.3	0.68	1.06	0.11	(3)-
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	3.2	3.9	1.2	3.0	0.02	0.03	(3)-	(3)-
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	6.1	7.2	6.3	0.9	0.06	0.09	0.03	(3)-
Traveling	26.5	26.9	24.5	(3)-	0.20	0.21	0.16	0.19
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	4.4	5.5	1.7	5.8	0.03	0.05	(3)-	(3)-
Footnotes (1) Percents sum to more than 100 percent because some eldercare providers did more than one care activity on days they provided care. (2) Survey participants were asked how often they provided care in the past 3 to 4 months; this information was used to categorize them by frequency of care. (3) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (4) Estimate is approximately zero.
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. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

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