Eldercare in 2011

Percent of the U.S. population who were eldercare providers, by sex and age, 2011 annual averages
Age	Women	Men	Total
Total	17.7	14.9	16.3
15-24	11.9	13.8	12.8
25-34	10.2	10	10.1
35-44	14.6	11.8	13.2
45-54	27.2	19.2	23.3
55-64	24.9	19.8	22.4
65+	17	15.4	16.3

Percent of eldercare providers in the civilian noninstitutional population age 15 and older, by relationship to care recipient, 2011 annual averages
Relationship to care recipient	Percent
Total	100.0
Spouse or unmarried partner	4.3
Grandparent	19.1
Another related person	20.7
Someone else	25.4
Parent	42.4
Note: 1) Estimates for relationship categories sum to more than 100 percent because some eldercare providers cared for more than one person. 2) Care for a spouse or partner may be underreported.

Average hours per day eldercare providers spent providing care on days they engaged in the activity, by employment status
Employment status	Hours
Employed	2.41
Not employed	3.86

Average hours per day eldercare providers spent providing care on days they engaged in the activity, by sex
Sex	Hours
Men	2.58
Women	3.50

Percent of eldercare providers who engaged in eldercare activities on days they provided care
Activity	Total	Men	Women
Eating and drinking	22.1	18.2	24.8
Household activities	40.2	33.0	45.3
Purchasing goods and services	16.2	15.3	16.9
Caring for and helping household members	16.6	14.1	18.4
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	25.2	21.6	27.9
Working and work-related activities	4.8	5.6	4.2
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	4.5	2.7	5.8
Leisure and sports	36.5	32.9	39.0
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	6.4	5.5	7.1
Traveling	25.5	22.6	27.5
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	6.0	4.8	6.8

Percent distribution of time spent providing eldercare for those aged 65 and over by selected activities, 2011 annual averages
Activity	Total
Eating and drinking	7.3
Household activities	22.6
Purchasing goods and services	4.6
Caring for and helping household members	6.3
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	10.0
Working and work-related activities	6.5
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	2.5
Leisure and sports	31.9
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	1.0
Traveling	5.4
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	2.0

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