| Value | Label | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Not applicable (student living away) | 17930 | n/a% |
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| 1 | Provides no care | 1642931 | 89.12% |
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| 2 | Proves 1-19 hours care | 123127 | 6.68% |
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| 3 | Provides 20-49 hours care | 20574 | 1.12% |
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| 4 | Provides 50 or more hours care | 38963 | 2.11% |
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This refers to the provision of unpaid care. It was a new question for 2001 and was asked in all parts of the United Kingdom. A person is a provider of unpaid care if they give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical or mental health or disability, or problems related to old age. Note that there is no specific reference to whether this care is provided within the household or outside the household. Therefore, no explicit link can be created to infer that an individual providing care is providing it to a person within the household who has poor general health, or a limiting longterm illness, disability or health problem.
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