Publication - Statistics
Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
Table 7.6 Caring prevalence (age-standardised), 2016, by employment status and sex
| Aged 16 - 64 | 2016 | ||
| Regular carer | Employment status | ||
| Working full-timea | Working part-timeb | Not workingc | |
| % | % | % | |
| Men | |||
| Provides regular care | 12 | 16 | 18 |
| Women | |||
| Provides regular care | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| All adults | |||
| Provides regular care | 14 | 18 | 19 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||
| Men | 859 | 139 | 317 |
| Women | 524 | 396 | 401 |
| All adults | 1383 | 535 | 718 |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||
| Men | 892 | 126 | 328 |
| Women | 675 | 543 | 521 |
| All adults | 1567 | 669 | 849 |
a working full time – doing at least one of the following for more than 30 hours: working as an employee (or temporarily away), On a Government sponsored training scheme (or temporarily away), Self employed or freelance (or temporarily away), Working unpaid for your own family’s business (or temporarily away), Doing any other kind of paid work
b working part time – doing any of the above for less than 30 hours
c not working - not doing any of the above
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Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
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