Summary information

Study title

Lives of Young Carers in England, 2015-2016: TNS Omnibus Survey Data

Creator

Kantar Public

Study number / PID

8229 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-8229-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Lives of Young Carers in England, 2015-2016: TNS Omnibus Survey Data formed part of a programme of research designed to help inform the implementation of the 2015 Care Act requiring local authorities to identify and assess the support needs of any young carer – no matter how much or what type of care they provide.

The study consisted of:

I. A survey of parents of young carers aged five to 17, together with an interview with the young carer themselves if they were aged 11 or over; and

II.A ‘comparison survey’ of parents of all children aged five to 17, again together with a young person’s interview if they were aged 11 or over.
The surveys were conducted as part of the TNS Face to Face Omnibus survey. The rationale for using the Omnibus and interviewing young carers from age 11 upwards is contained in the study report.

More information about this programme of research can be found on the Gov.uk The lives of young carers in England webpage.

Main Topics:

The main topics covered in this survey data are: parent and young persons’ caring responsibilities, perceptions of those responsibilities and comparison to young people who were not carers; perceptions of mental and physical health and experiences in school and outside the home; and demographics.

General health and well-beingChildrenYouthHealthFamily life and marriage

CHILD CAREGIVERSCARE OF DEPENDANTSYOUNG ADULTSINFORMAL CAREPARENTSMENTAL DISORDERSINTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENTHOME HELPSOCIAL SUPPORTMARITAL STATUSSOCIAL CLASSETHNIC GROUPS

Data collection period

01/07/2015 - 01/02/2016

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Families/households

National

Universe

Young carer survey: 420 parents identifying as living with a young carer aged 5 to 17, 55 16 or 17 year olds identifying themselves as a young carers, plus 63 interviews with a 11 to 17 year old young carer if available for interview at the same time as the parent.Comparison survey: 304 parents of with children aged 5 to 17 in the household, 38 16 or 17 year olds plus 24 interviews with a 11 to 17 year old if available for interview at the same time as the parent.

Sampling procedure

Quota sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2017

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.