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Focus on home: what time-use data can tell about caregiving to adults

This study analyses data from Statistics Canada's 1998 social survey of 10,749 people to learn more about the nature and situation of Canadian adults providing care at home to other adults. Data included time-use and respondents' sociodemographic, cultural, work, and leisure characteristics, as well as outcome factors. The analyses found 212 respondents (about 2 percent) providing personal, medical, or other care to other household adults on the day studied. Carers were compared to those not found to provide these services. The article explores time-use trade-offs, feelings of stress, and the ramifications of gender, age, and paid work in this newly reemerging use of household space.

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Additional Titles
Journal of Social Issues

Key Information

Type of Reference
Jour
ISBN/ISSN
1540 4560;0022 4537
Resource Database
Social care online
Publication Year
2003
Issue Number
3
Volume Number
59
Start Page
591-610