Table I.

Descriptive statistics on individual-level variables.

	All respondents (n = 32,894)	Caregivers (n = 11,003)	Intensive caregivers (n = 2251)
	%	%	%
Informal caregiver	33.4
Intensive informal caregiver (11+ h/pw)	6.8	20.5
Female	52.3	57.0	66.4
Age: 16–19	5.2	4.6	2.9
20–29	13.3	11.5	9.3
30–39	16.1	13.5	13.1
40–49	17.5	17.7	17.2
50–59	18.7	23.5	24.4
60–69	17.7	19.2	21.4
70–79	11.6	10.0	11.7
Partnership status: Married	50.6	53.8	58.2
Cohabiting	8.9	8.1	6.7
Divorced	11.2	12.1	12.7
Widowed	6.4	5.4	6.4
Single	23.0	20.6	15.9
Children in household	36.6	37.7	42.4
Employment status: Full time	43.0	41.7	31.9
Part time	10.1	11.1	8.9
Unemployed	5.8	5.8	7.3
Housework	6.8	8.4	17.6
Retired	22.1	21.6	25.1
Disabled	2.6	2.7	3.4
Other	9.6	8.7	5.7
Hampered in daily activities: No	74.4	71.4	67.9
To some extent	19.7	22.6	23.8
A lot	5.8	5.8	8.3
Education: Low	25.9	24.0	30.1
Medium	50.7	52.1	51.2
High	23.4	23.9	18.7
Religious	54.2	54.7	60.3

Source: European Social Survey, Round 7. h/pw: hours per week.