This graph shows the percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018. Around 59 percent of respondents stated they provide caregiving assistance to a parent or parent-in-law.
Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018
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Caregivers
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- Basic Statistic Distribution of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. from 2015-2017, by age
- Basic Statistic Distribution of U.S. informal unpaid caregivers from 2015 to 2017, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of informal unpaid caregivers in the U.S. who were women 2015-2017, by state
- Basic Statistic Number of years caregivers in the U.S. expected to provide care for as of 2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. caregivers that felt select emotions during caregiving as of 2019
Tasks and expenses
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- Basic Statistic U.S. caregivers providing select living assistance or home health services in 2018
- Basic Statistic Duration of care for recipient in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Number of hours per day caregivers in the U.S. spent providing care as of 2019
- Basic Statistic Hours of care provided for care recipients in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Hours of distance from caregiver to care recipient in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Required travel time to patients for caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. caregivers' monthly budget used for caregiving costs as of 2019
Impact of caregiving
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- Premium Statistic Personal sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Financial sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Premium Statistic Health care sacrifices U.S. caregivers made as a result of caregiving as of 2018
- Basic Statistic Ways U.S. caregivers coped with the difficulties of caregiving as of 2018
Impact on employment
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. informal unpaid caregivers with fulltime/part-time employment 2015-2017
- Basic Statistic Workplace impacts in the U.S. due to informal caregiving 2019
- Premium Statistic Workplace benefits in the U.S. for informal caregivers 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. share of people freelancing who are caregivers 2020, by type of caregiving
Recipients
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- Basic Statistic Number of care recipients of caregivers in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Main problem of care recipient in the U.S. as identified by caregiver 2019
- Basic Statistic Main problem of informal care recipient in the U.S. by recipient age 2019
- Basic Statistic Individual caregiving prevalence in the U.S. by age of recipient 2019
- Basic Statistic Age of predominant care recipients in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Age of predominant care recipient in the U.S. by age of caregiver 2019
- Basic Statistic Distribution of caregivers in the U.S. as of 2019, by patient age and status
- Basic Statistic Care recipient relation to caregiver in the U.S. 2019
Alzheimer's/dementia caregivers
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- Basic Statistic Ages of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers in the U.S. in 2023
- Basic Statistic Alzheimer and other dementia caregivers' unpaid care in the U.S. 2011-2023
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by number of Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2023
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by unpaid care given by Alzheimer/dementia caregivers 2023
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. states by value of unpaid care given by dementia caregivers 2023
- Basic Statistic Share of caregivers for Alzheimer's and dementias with work-related change U.S. 2017
Further related statistics
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- U.S. caregivers who shared caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
- U.S. caregivers job security concerns due to missed work 2017, by age-group
- U.S. caregivers share of missed work time for caregiving as of 2017
- U.S. caregivers feelings about providing care in 2017, by recipient mental condition
- U.S. caregivers support from employers in 2017, by gender
- U.S. caregivers personal feelings about providing care in 2017
- U.S. caregivers who learnt caregiving assistance in various ways in 2017
- Amount of money U.S. family caregivers spent on caregiving over the past year 2017
- Leading caregiving expenses among family caregivers in the U.S. 2017
- Share of millennial caregivers who performed select tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Work-related impact of caregiving among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- Effect of caregiving on adult child caregiver's relationship with parents U.S. 2015
- Long-term care providing experiences of U.S. population 40+ years old 2016
- Postcards: card recipients in Spain 2014
- Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- U.S. RGGI investment benefits 2017
- U.S. employers' maximum job-guaranteed caregiving leave 2014, by type
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- U.S. caregivers who shared caregiving responsibilities as of 2017
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- U.S. caregivers share of missed work time for caregiving as of 2017
- U.S. caregivers feelings about providing care in 2017, by recipient mental condition
- U.S. caregivers support from employers in 2017, by gender
- U.S. caregivers personal feelings about providing care in 2017
- U.S. caregivers who learnt caregiving assistance in various ways in 2017
- Amount of money U.S. family caregivers spent on caregiving over the past year 2017
- Leading caregiving expenses among family caregivers in the U.S. 2017
- Share of millennial caregivers who performed select tasks in the U.S. in 2015
- Work-related impact of caregiving among family caregivers in the U.S. 2016
- Effect of caregiving on adult child caregiver's relationship with parents U.S. 2015
- Long-term care providing experiences of U.S. population 40+ years old 2016
- Postcards: card recipients in Spain 2014
- Relationship between millennial family caregivers and care recipients U.S. 2015
- U.S. RGGI investment benefits 2017
- U.S. employers' maximum job-guaranteed caregiving leave 2014, by type
- Recipients of recent gift giving in Japan 2018, by age group
AP-NORC. (October 15, 2018). Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018." Chart. October 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/
AP-NORC. (2018). Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/
AP-NORC. "Percentage of Adults with Caregiving Experience Who Provided Care to The following People in The U.S. as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/
AP-NORC, Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Percentage of adults with caregiving experience who provided care to the following people in the U.S. as of 2018 [Graph], AP-NORC, October 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/832237/people-being-provided-caregiving-services-by-older-american-caregivers/