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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 | ||||||
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Total | Frequency of care(2) | Total | Frequency of care(2) | |||||
Daily | Several times per week | Once a week or less | 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)- | 3.59 | 4.32 | 2.67 | 2.46 |
Eating and drinking |
23.0 | 31.6 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.19 |
Household activities |
39.9 | 49.2 | (3)- | 20.0 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 0.31 | 0.27 |
Housework |
15.0 | 18.4 | (3)- | 6.3 | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.07 | (3)- |
Food preparation and cleanup |
26.9 | 38.5 | 14.5 | 6.6 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.13 | (3)- |
Lawn and garden care |
2.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.06 | 0.07 | (3)- | (3)- |
Household management |
5.5 | 4.2 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 0.03 | 0.05 | (3)- | (3)- |
Purchasing goods and services |
12.8 | 11.8 | 16.5 | 10.4 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
Caring for and helping household members |
22.4 | 34.7 | 3.8 | 7.6 | 0.44 | 0.75 | (3)- | (3)- |
Caring for household adults |
19.1 | 30.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.41 | 0.69 | (3)- | (3)- |
Physical care for household adults |
12.6 | 21.7 | 0.2 | (4)- | (3)- | (3)- | (3)- | (3)- |
Providing medical care to household adults |
7.1 | 11.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0.04 | (3)- | (3)- |
Helping household adults |
4.4 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | (3)- | (3)- |
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members |
25.4 | 14.4 | 36.5 | (3)- | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.77 |
Caring for nonhousehold adults |
10.3 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 16.4 | 0.21 | 0.11 | (3)- | (3)- |
Physical care for nonhousehold adults |
4.3 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 0.07 | 0.03 | (3)- | (3)- |
Providing medical care to nonhousehold adults |
3.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | (3)- | (3)- |
Helping nonhousehold adults |
17.6 | 8.5 | 27.7 | 33.9 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.37 |
Housework, cooking, and shopping assistance for nonhousehold adults |
6.9 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
House and lawn maintenance and repair assistance for nonhousehold adults |
3.6 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 0.05 | (3)- | 0.06 | 0.17 |
Picking up and dropping off nonhousehold adults |
5.3 | 1.9 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 0.01 | (3)- | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Working and work-related activities |
2.8 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 0.14 | (3)- | (3)- | (3)- |
Organizational, civic, and religious activities |
3.5 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.09 | 0.07 | (3)- | (3)- |
Leisure and sports |
34.0 | 36.5 | 34.6 | 24.8 | 1.13 | 1.42 | 0.75 | 0.72 |
Socializing and communicating |
18.6 | 13.9 | 28.1 | 20.4 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.51 |
Watching TV |
14.3 | 22.3 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.56 | 0.85 | 0.19 | (3)- |
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation |
1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | (3)- | (3)- |
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail |
6.5 | 7.4 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.04 | (3)- |
Traveling |
24.6 | 20.0 | 32.9 | 27.8 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
Other activities, not elsewhere classified |
5.1 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 0.08 | 0.11 | (3)- | (3)- |
Footnotes |
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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 persons who cared for at least one person age 65 or older. Data refer to persons 15 years and over. |