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Productivity losses: time off work and leisure time lost providing informal care at home.
| Mean annual costs($)(range)‡ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time off work: | ||
| • Families taking time off work: n (%) | 83 (56 %) | $ 1261.35(0-10792.98) |
| • Mean/SD (range) number of days off work per family per year | 7/9 (1-60) | |
| Informal care at home | ||
| • Families helping at home: n (%) | 38 (26 %) | $ 7831.5 (0-116035.9) |
| • Mean (range) number of hours helping at home per year | 343.9 (0-5096) |
Mean cost calculated for entire sample.
