Table 8. Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only by age of eldercare recipient and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2021-2022

Table 8. Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only by age of eldercare recipient and caregiving activity, averages for the combined years 2021-2022
Caregiving activity	Percent of eldercare providers who cared for one person only, on days they provided care(1)
	Total	Age of care recipient
	Total	65 to 74	75 to 84	85 or older
Total, activities reported as care done for those age 65 and over	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-	(1)-
Eating and drinking	24.9	(2)-	20.5	23.3
Household activities	43.4	(2)-	41.0	41.9
Housework	16.3	(2)-	14.1	13.2
Food preparation and cleanup	29.9	32.8	27.8	29.5
Lawn and garden care	2.8	3.2	3.0	2.3
Household management	6.5	5.1	6.8	7.3
Purchasing goods and services	12.9	13.7	14.5	10.5
Caring for and helping household members	24.4	(2)-	18.9	18.6
Caring for household adults	22.0	(2)-	16.5	18.4
Physical care for household adults	15.2	21.1	11.7	13.7
Providing medical care to household adults	8.5	12.8	6.1	7.4
Helping household adults	3.3	5.3	3.2	1.7
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	22.8	12.0	26.7	28.3
Caring for nonhousehold adults	8.9	5.5	10.0	10.9
Physical care for nonhousehold adults	3.8	3.2	4.0	4.1
Providing medical care to nonhousehold adults	2.7	3.6	2.4	2.2
Helping nonhousehold adults	15.9	7.0	19.6	19.9
Housework, cooking, and shopping assistance for nonhousehold adults	6.7	2.8	9.1	7.5
House and lawn maintenance and repair assistance for nonhousehold adults	3.5	1.2	4.8	4.1
Picking up and dropping off nonhousehold adults	4.1	1.4	4.2	6.6
Working and work-related activities	2.0	2.7	0.6	3.0
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	3.0	2.4	2.5	4.2
Leisure and sports	36.7	(2)-	34.9	40.3
Socializing and communicating	19.4	14.3	14.2	29.5
Watching TV	16.7	23.2	17.3	10.3
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	1.7	2.5	1.7	1.1
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	6.7	3.9	8.6	7.0
Traveling	23.0	19.2	25.9	23.2
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	5.6	10.5	4.2	2.8
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) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
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.

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Last Modified Date: September 21, 2023