Impact on veteran caregivers' lives from caregiving U.S. 2017

This statistic shows the percentage of respondents in the U.S. who believed the lives of veteran caregivers were significantly or somewhat negatively impacted in select ways due to caregiving as of 2017. It was found that 43.8 percent of respondents felt that veteran caregivers' family lives were significantly impacted due to caregiving.

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

Characteristic	Significantly	Somewhat
Financial security	52.7%	29.5%
Friendships	46.1%	38.1%
Family life	43.8%	39%
Physical health	41.2%	40.4%
Mental health	41.6%	38%
Job or career	48.3%	29.3%

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Release date

June 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 16 to May 22, 2017

Number of respondents

1,833 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Survey respondents included family members, relatives and friends who provide care or assistance to a disabled veteran and disabled veterans who have a family member, relative or friend who provides their care and assistance.
Original question: Thinking about all the time, effort and sacrifices made by the family caregiver, do you think that may have limited or negatively impacted other aspects of the caregiver’s life, and how significant were those impacts?

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