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Central Statistics Office. (2020) Irish health survey 2019 - Carers and social supports. Cork: Central Statistics Office.

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This publication relating to “Carers and social supports” provides data and insights on Carers in Ireland (who they are, how many hours of caring they provide, etc.) and the extent to which people in Ireland can rely on informal social supports (assistance from neighbours for example). The publication also outlines, for those aged 65 years and older, the extent to which they experience difficulties with certain personal care and household activities.

The data in this publication was collected as part of the “Irish Health Survey” in 2019 and early 2020. The first health survey was collected for reference year 2015, but in a different way to how the data was collected for this publication – more detail on this follows. The survey is based on self-reported data from persons aged 15 years and over, and outlines their view of their health status, the informal social supports available to them, and the extent to which they encounter (for persons aged 65 years and over) difficulties in performing personal care (for example, eating, dressing themselves, showering) or household activities (for example, performing housework or shopping). The data collection for this publication was conducted between July 2019 and February 2020 and accordingly relates to the pre-pandemic health and other experiences of respondents.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report, Web Resource
Intervention Type
General / Comprehensive
Date
7 December 2020
Publisher
Central Statistics Office
Corporate Creators
Central Statistics Office
Place of Publication
Cork
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