Adults who provided help with activity of daily living

This statistic displays individuals who provided help with activities of daily living in England in 2014, by gender. In this year, 82 percent of men and 75 percent of women only had informal helpers to help them with their activities of daily living.

Distribution of individuals who provided help with activity of daily living in England in 2013, by gender

Characteristic	Men	Women
Informal helpers only	82%	75%
Formal helpers only	4%	6%
Both formal and informal helpers	13%	18%
None of those listed	0%	1%

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Release date

December 2015

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

211*

Age group

65 years and older

Special properties

Aged 65 and over and received help with ADLs/IADLs in the last month

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (men) = 87, n (women) = 124.
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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