Who should provide help for elderly

eldhelp

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Thinking about elderly people who need some help in their everyday lives, such as help with grocery shopping, cleaning the house, doing the laundry etc. Who do you think should primarily provide this help?

Values

[1] family members
[2] government agencies
[3] non-profit organizations (e.g., charitable organizations, churches/religious organizations)
[4] private providers of this kind of help
[5] employers
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/-	2022
A/B	2012

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for eldhelp.

Counts by year:

year	iap	family members	government agencies	non-profit organizations (e.g., charitable organizations, churches/religious organizations)	private providers of this kind of help	don't know	no answer	5	skipped on web	Total
2012	672	763	191	95	107	140	6	-	-	1974
2022	2384	523	290	79	57	193	6	7	5	3544
Total	3056	1286	481	174	164	333	12	7	5	5518