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From whom would you get support if you needed help around the house when ill?

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Respondents were asked about the support available to them when help was needed around the house, in case of illness. Available answers were:

1 A member of your family / relative
2 A friend, neighbour, or someone else, who does not belong to your family or relatives
3 A service provider, institution or organisation
4 Nobody
5 Don't Know
6 Refusal to answer

Retrieved from, European Quality of Life Survey, http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/surveys/eqls/201... [2] (pg.32), 01.16.2015

Data host: 

Eurofound

Unit of Measurement: 

(%) Percentage

Link to Data: 

http://eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/data-visualisation/european-quality-of-life-s… [3]

Description to get data: 

Direct link is made available

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Other [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Quality of Life Indicators [6]
  • EU social indicators (EU: Commonly agreed EU indicator, NAT: Commonly agreed national indicators) [7]
  • Eurofound EurLIFE [8]
  • European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) [9]
  • Eurostat Quality of Life Indicators [10]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [11]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
From whom would you get support if you needed advice about a serious personal or family matter? [12]
Relationship explanation: 
Very relevant and related when considering if someone needs to rely on others for help
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
From whom would you get support if you needed help when looking for a job? [13]
Relationship explanation: 
Very relevant and related when considering if someone needs to rely on others for help
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
From whom would you get support if you were feeling a bit depressed? [14]
Relationship explanation: 
Very relevant and related when considering if someone needs to rely on others for help
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
From whom would you get support if you needed to urgently raise 1000 EUR? [15]
Relationship explanation: 
Very relevant and related when considering if someone needs to rely on others for help
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

2011 to 2012

Frequency of Updates: 

  • every 3-5 years [16]

Link to Methodology: 

Third European Quality of Life Survey Quality of life in Europe: Impacts of the crisis [17]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [18]

Data quality assesment: 

  • other organisational assessment [19]

Publishing delay: 

  • 6-12 months [20]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Quality assessment of the Third European Quality of Life Survey [21]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Having someone to rely on forms part of the Quality of Life pillar of the Green Economy. Having external support in the household in the event of sickness is seen as a positive development.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [22]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Individual experiences vary considerably and may not be converted to a common denominator for Europe. Lacking in the question design are follow-ups to answers 'nobody', 'don't know' or 'refusal to answer.'
Related Indicator: 
Interpersonal Trust  [23]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are there more people helping, but there are also increasingle more people who need help?
Related Indicator: 
People having a long-standing illness or health problem: by sex, age and income quintile [24]
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Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/1001
[2] http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/surveys/eqls/2011/documents/unitedkingdom.pdf
[3] http://eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/data-visualisation/european-quality-of-life-survey-2012?locale=EN&dataSource=3RDEQLS&media=png&width=740&question=Y11_Q35a&plot=heatMap&countryGroup=linear&subset=Y11_Agecategory&subsetValue=All&answer=1--A-member-of-your-family
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/53
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/68
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/69
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/71
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/73
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/77
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/whom-would-you-get-support-if-you-needed-advice-about-serious-personal-or-family-matter
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/whom-would-you-get-support-if-you-needed-help-when-looking-job
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/whom-would-you-get-support-if-you-were-feeling-bit-depressed
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/whom-would-you-get-support-if-you-needed-urgently-raise-1000-eur
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/20
[17] http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/pubdocs/2012/64/en/1/EF1264EN.pdf
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/40
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/24
[21] http://www.esds.ac.uk/doc/7316/mrdoc/pdf/7316_3rd_eqls_external_quality_assessment_report.pdf
[22] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[23] https://measuring-progress.eu/interpersonal-trust%C2%A0
[24] https://measuring-progress.eu/people-having-long-standing-illness-or-health-problem-sex-age-and-income-quintile