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. 2017 Jul 11;17:477. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2435-5

Table 2.

Descriptives of the views of the responsibility for care tasks

Responsible for care tasks is (in %):
Exclusively the general public Mainly the general public Partly the general public and the government Mainly the government Exclusively the government Mean score (sd) Range N
Views on responsibility for care in general 2.8 (0.6) 1–5 1009
Views on responsibility for personal or nursing care 3.4 (0.8) 1–5 1018
 Personal care 5% 11% 48% 23% 13% 1036
 Assistance with taking medication 5% 21% 43% 19% 12% 1033
 Nursing care 2% 3% 29% 39% 26% 1033
Views on responsibility for support activities 2.5 (0.7) 1–5 1027
 Household activities 5% 22% 55% 12% 6% 1045
 Support with administrative tasks 8% 50% 33% 2% 2% 1037
 Support with visits 12% 51% 33% 2% 2% 1042
 Emotional support 16% 45% 34% 2% 3% 1040
 Supervision 12% 39% 42% 4% 4% 1043

sd standard deviation