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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Unpaid carer (IE2016A_CARER)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
22. Do you provide regular unpaid personal help for a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability?</p>
<div class="i1">Include problems which are due to old age. Personal help includes help with basic tasks such as feeding or dressing<br /><br />[] 1. Yes <br />[] 2. No</div><p>If 'Yes', for how many hours per week</p>
<div class="i1">Write in hours _ _ _</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Unpaid carer
2 Not a carer (including not stated)
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person follows an unpaid career.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons [discrepancies: type I none; type II 92.1%]

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