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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
by John Elflein,
last edited
May 21, 2019
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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by John Elflein,
last edited
May 21, 2019
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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- 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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- September 2017
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- 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 whose health has changed since becoming a caregiver in 2017U.S. caregivers self-described changes in health status since caregiving in 2017
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- 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 abilityU.S. caregivers feelings about providing care in 2017, by recipient mental condition
- 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 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
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- Percentage of experienced U.S. caregivers that provided select support during their role as caregiver as of 2017U.S. caregivers that have provided select support as a caregiver as of 2017
- 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
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patientRequired travel time to patients for caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time spent per day providing careNumber of hours per day caregivers in the U.S. spent providing care as of 2019
- Percentage of caregivers who provided select hours of unpaid care per week in the U.S. as of 2018, by ageHours of unpaid care provided per week by U.S. caregivers as of 2018, by age
- 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
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- 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
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who spent their own money on caregiving and had to make select financial sacrifices as a result of caregiving as of 2018Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who sacrificed their personal health care as a result of providing care in the past 12 months as of 2018Health care sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who used select activities to cope with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018Ways U.S. caregivers coped with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
- Impact on employment
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- 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 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 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
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- 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
- Distribution of caregivers who provided care to select people in the U.S. as of 2019, by age and statusDistribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by patient age and status
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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
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- 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
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- Key figures on Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. from 2011 to 2018 (in millions)*Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. 2011-2018
- 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
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- 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
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by expected number of years for caregiving
- 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 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 adults with caregiving experience who had provided the following types of caregiving assistance as of 2018
- 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
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time to travel to patient
- Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by time spent per day providing care
- Percentage of caregivers who provided select hours of unpaid care per week in the U.S. as of 2018, by age
- Mean number of hours U.S. caregivers spent performing select tasks each month as part of their caregiving duties 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
- 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 experienced U.S. caregivers that believed caregiving has impacted their lifestyle as of 2017
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. whose personal lives were affected by caregiving in select ways as of 2018
- 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 caregivers in the U.S. who spent their own money on caregiving and had to make select financial sacrifices as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who sacrificed their personal health care as a result of providing care in the past 12 months as of 2018
- Percentage of caregivers in the U.S. who used select activities to cope with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
- 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 experienced U.S. caregivers that had select career or job impacts due to caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- 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
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- Caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients with work-related changes in the U.S. in 2017
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