Share of adults who needed help with activities of daily living in England, by income

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 3, 2015

This statistic displays the proportion of individuals who needed help with an activity of daily living in England in 2014, by gender and household income. In this year, 32 percent of men and 36 percent of women in the lowest household income bracket needed help with an activity of daily living.

Proportion of individuals who needed help with activities of daily living in England in 2014, by gender and household income

Characteristic	Men	Women
Highest income	10%	27%
Middle income	23%	30%
Lowest income	32%	36%

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Release date

December 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

1,250*

Age group

65 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (men) = 593, n (women) = 657.
Needed help includes those who said they could do an activity but with difficulty, those who could only do it with help, and those who were unable to do it.
Activities of daily living include getting up and down stairs, having a shower or bath, dressing or undressing, getting around, eating, taking medicine, washing and using the toilet.
This statistic using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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