STATE OF CARING REPORT 2016
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A total of 6,149 carers and former carers responded to Carers UK’s annual
State of Caring Survey between March and April 2016.
Only responses for the 5,682 current carers who completed the survey are
included in this report as it is designed to provide a snapshot of caring in
2016. However, Carers UK will be using the responses of former carers in
other pieces of work throughout the year.
Compared to the carer population as a whole, respondents to this survey
were more likely to be female, disabled themselves and caring for a high
number of hours every week.
Of respondents to the State of Caring Survey 2016 who are currently caring:
• 78% live in England, 9% live in Scotland, 8% live in Wales and 5% live in
Northern Ireland
• 78% are female and 22% are male
• 26% consider themselves to have a disability
• Only 1% are aged 0-24, 4% are aged 25-34, 12% are aged 35-44, 27%
are aged 45-54, 35% are aged 55-64, 17% are aged 65-74 and 5% are
aged 75 and over
• 19% also have childcare responsibilities for a non-disabled child under 18
• 31% are in work (14% full-time and 17% part-time)
• 35% have been caring 15 years or more, 16% for between 10-14 years,
24% for 5-9 years, 23% for 1-4 years and just 3% have been caring for
less than one year
• 52% care for 90 or more hours every week, while 16% care for 50-89
hours, 21% for 20-49 hours and 10% care for 1-19 hours a week
• Most (75%) care for one person, 19% care for two people, 4% for three
people and 1% care for four or more people
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