A Comparison of Methods for Identifying Informal Carers: Self-Declaration Versus a Time Diary.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Two main methods for identifying whether an individual is an informal carer are self-declaration and the use of a time diary. We analysed the level and predictors of agreement between these two methods among co-residential informal carers of adult recipients.

Methods

We used the 2014/15 UK Time Use Survey, which is a large-scale household survey for those aged 8 years old and over. It contains an individual questionnaire for self-declaration and a time diary for activity-based identification that records all activity in 10-min slots for two 24-h periods. Our analysis: (i) assesses the degree of overlap across approaches; (ii) explores the differences in characteristics between carers identified via one approach relative to non-carers using a bivariate probit estim

SUBMITTER: Urwin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9130170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature