Open AccessInformal care for adults: a comparison of Time Use Surveys of 2004 and 2013
Author(s) -
Olga Zajkowska,
Magdalena Rokicka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia demograficzne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-2549
pISSN - 0039-3134
DOI - 10.33119/sd.2021.1.3
Subject(s) - time use survey , gerontology , population ageing , population , demographic economics , psychology , medicine , environmental health , economics , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering
The aim of this paper is to describe daily patterns and changes in time use of people dealing with elderly informal care in Poland. Based on Time Use Survey 2004 and 2013 we show that with increasing population of adults requiring care the profile of average caregiver also changes. We observe more caregivers. More often they are women and more often are retired. In consequence average time spent on caregiving also increases. We conclude that this trend will continue and therefore both market and state suppy of the caregiving services is required.