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U.S. caregivers self-described state of health in 2017
U.S. caregivers self-described state of health in 2017
Percentage of U.S. caregivers that described themselves as being in good health in 2017
This statistic displays the the percentage of U.S. caregivers that felt their state of health was good as of 2017. According to the survey, over half of respondents indicated that they felt their personal health was good as of 2017.
Percentage of U.S. caregivers that described themselves as being in good health in 2017
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| Percentage of caregivers | |
|---|---|
| Excellent | 19% |
| Good | 55% |
| Fair | 23% |
| Poor | 3% |
| Percentage of caregivers | |
|---|---|
| Excellent | 19% |
| Good | 55% |
| Fair | 23% |
| Poor | 3% |
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This statistic displays the the percentage of U.S. caregivers that felt their state of health was good as of 2017. According to the survey, over half of respondents indicated that they felt their personal health was good as of 2017.
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- Release date
- September 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- March 13 to April 21, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 3,074 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- Nonprofessional/unpaid caregivers that provided care for a relative or friend at any time in the past 12 months
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Original question: "Overall, how would you describe your general health?"
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- Release date
- September 2017
More information
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- March 13 to April 21, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 3,074 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- Nonprofessional/unpaid caregivers that provided care for a relative or friend at any time in the past 12 months
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
- Original question: "Overall, how would you describe your general health?"
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that received information regarding caregiving from select sources in 2017Primary sources of information on caregiving for U.S. caregivers in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that learned medical/nursing tasks for caregiving from select sources in 2017Primary sources U.S. caregivers used to learn medical/nursing tasks in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who had learned caregiving assistance through the following ways as of 2017U.S. caregivers who learnt caregiving assistance in various ways in 2017
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- Distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017, by generationGenerational distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicityShare of family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicity
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that became a caregiver for select reasons as of 2017Reasons that U.S. caregivers became caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions often or all the time during their caregiving experience as of 2019U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions during caregiving as of 2019
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that agreed with select statements regarding their duties as caregivers in 2017U.S. caregivers' sentiments about their duties as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who shared caregiving responsibilities with the following people in the U.S. as of 2017U.S. caregivers who shared caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- Tasks and expenses
The most important statistics
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- Percentage of U.S. caregivers who indicated they provided select duties during their caregiving experience as of 2017Caregiving duties performed by U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Percentage of millennial caregivers who performed select caregiving tasks in the U.S. in 2015Share of millennial caregivers who performed select tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties as of 2017Mean monthly hours spent performing caregiving duties in the U.S. as of 2017
- Amount of money family caregivers of seniors in the U.S. spent on caring over the last 12 months as of 2017Amount of money U.S. family caregivers spent on caregiving over the past year 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported select expenses as their most common caregiving expenses as of 2017Leading caregiving expenses among family caregivers in the U.S. 2017
- Percentage of qualified current U.S. caregivers that spent a select percentage of their monthly budget on caregiving activities as of 2019Percentage of U.S. caregivers' monthly budget used for caregiving costs as of 2019
- Out-of-pocket caregiving costs as a share of income in the U.S. in 2016, by generationShare of income for out-of-pocket caregiving costs in the U.S. in 2016, by generation
- Impact of caregiving
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- Percentage of qualified future caregivers in the U.S. who anticipated that caregiving would impact select aspects of their personal lifestyle as of 2016U.S. caregivers that anticipated caregiving would impact their lifestyle 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select lifestyle impacts due to caregiving as of 2016U.S. caregivers whose lifestyle was impacted by caregiving as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose lifestyle was impacted by caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of spousal caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their spouse has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015Effect of caregiving on spousal relationships U.S. 2015
- Percentage of adult child caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their parent has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015Effect of caregiving on adult child caregiver's relationship with parents U.S. 2015
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers who incurred costs providing care and had to reduce or change select personal habits to pay for caregiving as of 2017U.S. caregivers' budgetary changes due to the cost of caregiving as of 2017
- Impact on employment
The most important statistics
- Percentage of family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generationShare of family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. employed caregivers that felt their employer was supportive of their caregiving responsibilities in 2017U.S. caregivers that felt their employer was supportive in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. whose employers were supportive of their caregiving role as of 2017, by genderU.S. caregivers support from employers in 2017, by gender
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had select impacts on their job as of 2016Work-related impact of caregiving among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose job has been impacted by caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had a negative impact on their job as of 2016Impact of caregiving on job among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who missed work to provide care in the U.S. as of 2017U.S. caregivers share of missed work time for caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who were concerned about the amount of work they missed in the U.S. as of 2017, by age-groupU.S. caregivers job security concerns due to missed work 2017, by age-group
- Recipients
The most important statistics
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that gave care to select family or friends in 2017U.S. caregivers that provided care to select people as of 2017
- Distribution of relationships between millennial family caregivers and care recipients in the U.S. in 2015Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018Relation to caregivers among those receiving living assistance as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers that stated their care recipient suffered from select conditions in the U.S. as of 2017Leading health conditions of care recipients as cited by U.S. caregivers as of 2017
- Veteran caregivers
The most important statistics
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- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by relationship to veteranShare of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by relationship to veteran
- Percentage of veteran caregivers in the U.S. who provided select services as of 2017Services U.S. veteran caregivers provided as of 2017
- Percentage of respondents in the U.S. who thought the lives of veteran caregivers were significantly or somewhat affected in select ways due to caregiving as of 2017Impact of caregiving on U.S. veteran caregivers' lives 2017
- Alzheimer's/dementia caregivers
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- Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer and dementia caregivers as of 2018 (in thousands)Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2018
- Leading U.S. states by hours of unpaid care given by Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in 2018 (in millions of hours)Leading U.S. states by unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2018
- Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by dementia caregiver 2018
- Caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients with work-related changes in the U.S. in 2017Share of caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementias with work-related change U.S. 2017
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- Caregiving areas with the highest potential due to an increasing 50+ U.S. population in 2016 and 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that described themselves as being in good health in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers whose health has changed since becoming a caregiver in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. who had select feelings about their providing care as of 2017, by care recipient mental ability
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that received information regarding caregiving from select sources in 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that learned medical/nursing tasks for caregiving from select sources in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who had learned caregiving assistance through the following ways as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults who supported select programs for caregivers as of 2018
- Percentage of the U.S. general adult population that had some experience as a caregiver as of 2017
- Distribution of U.S. caregivers as of 2017, by generation
- Percentage of family caregivers who were millennials in the U.S. in 2015, by ethnicity
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that became a caregiver for select reasons as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions often or all the time during their caregiving experience as of 2019
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that agreed with select statements regarding their duties as caregivers in 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who shared caregiving responsibilities with the following people in the U.S. as of 2017
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that provided select support during their role as caregiver as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers who indicated they provided select duties during their caregiving experience as of 2017
- Percentage of millennial caregivers who performed select caregiving tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties as of 2017
- Amount of money family caregivers of seniors in the U.S. spent on caring over the last 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported select expenses as their most common caregiving expenses as of 2017
- Percentage of qualified current U.S. caregivers that spent a select percentage of their monthly budget on caregiving activities as of 2019
- Out-of-pocket caregiving costs as a share of income in the U.S. in 2016, by generation
- Distribution of millennial family caregiver out-of-pocket expenses in the U.S. in 2016, by category (in U.S. dollars)*
- Percentage of qualified future caregivers in the U.S. who anticipated that caregiving would impact select aspects of their personal lifestyle as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select lifestyle impacts due to caregiving as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017
- Percentage of spousal caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their spouse has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015
- Percentage of adult child caregivers in the U.S. whose relationship with their parent has suffered as a result of caregiving as of 2015
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers who incurred costs providing care and had to reduce or change select personal habits to pay for caregiving as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers who were employed in the U.S. in 2015, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. employed caregivers that felt their employer was supportive of their caregiving responsibilities in 2017
- Percentage of older adults providing caregiving in the U.S. whose employers were supportive of their caregiving role as of 2017, by gender
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had select impacts on their job as of 2016
- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- Percentage of family caregivers in the U.S. who reported that caregiving had a negative impact on their job as of 2016
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who missed work to provide care in the U.S. as of 2017
- Percentage of older adults with caregiving experience who were concerned about the amount of work they missed in the U.S. as of 2017, by age-group
- Percentage of U.S. caregivers that gave care to select family or friends in 2017
- Distribution of relationships between millennial family caregivers and care recipients in the U.S. in 2015
- Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers that stated their care recipient suffered from select conditions in the U.S. as of 2017
- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by gender
- Distribution of veteran caregivers in the U.S. as of 2017, by relationship to veteran
- Percentage of veteran caregivers in the U.S. who provided select services as of 2017
- Percentage of respondents in the U.S. who thought the lives of veteran caregivers were significantly or somewhat affected in select ways due to caregiving as of 2017
- Age distribution of Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2018
- Key figures on Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. from 2011 to 2018 (in millions)*
- Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer and dementia caregivers as of 2018 (in thousands)
- Leading U.S. states by hours of unpaid care given by Alzheimer and dementia caregivers in 2018 (in millions of hours)
- Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients with work-related changes in the U.S. in 2017
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- Informal U.S. caregivers prepared to provide medical or nursing tasks as of 2014, by teacher
- Caregiver distance from care recipient in the United States as of 2014*
- Individual caregiving prevalence in the United States as of 2014, by ethnicity
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- Share of respondents for whom achieving gender equality was of personal importance in Malaysia as of January 2019
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