This document was added or updated on 08/09/2015.

PROVIDING CARE

This section on Providing Care includes the Key and Related series for the following Indicators:

Providing primary care to a person with a disability
Provided care to someone in the last week



PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE TO A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY


Key series

PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE TO A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY (a)(b), 15 years and over
	2009		2012
	'000	%	'000	%
Males	248.2	2.9	233.1	(r) 2.6
Females	523.2	5.9	536.7	(r) 5.8
(r) revised. (a) Persons living in households. Includes those living in private and non-private dwellings but excludes those living in cared accommodation. (b) Males and females 15 years and over and providing primary care, as a proportion of total population aged 15 years and over for each sex (includes carers and non-carers). Source: ABS Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2012 (cat. no. 4430.0). ABS Caring in the Community, Australia, 2009 (cat. no. 4436.0). ABS data available on request, Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers.

Updated commentary on Providing Primary Care to a Person with a Disability is available in the February 2015 release.



PROVIDED CARE TO SOMEONE IN THE LAST WEEK


Key series

EMPLOYED PERSONS WHO PROVIDED CARE TO SOMEONE IN THE LAST WEEK (a)(b)(c), 15 years and over
			2007
		'000		%
Males		2,240.6		39.3
Females		2,009.7		43.1
(a) Care provided in the week prior to the survey. (b) Includes contributing family workers. For more information on employed persons see Glossary (Work and family balance). (c) Male and female employed persons who provided care to someone in the last week as a proportion of total employed persons for each sex. Source: ABS Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation, Australia, 2007 (cat. no. 6361.0).

Related series

EMPLOYED PERSONS WHO TOOK TIME OFF TO PROVIDE CARE TO SOMEONE IN THE LAST WEEK (a)(b)(c)(d)(e), 15 years and over
			2007
		'000		%
Males		180.2		8.0
Females		192.9		9.6
(a) Care provided in the week prior to the survey. (b) Includes contributing family workers. For more information on employed persons see Glossary (Work and family balance). (c) Male and female employed persons who took time off to provide care to someone in the last week as a proportion of total employed persons for each sex who provided care. (d) Includes paid and unpaid time off to provide care. (e) Data reflects working/ leave arrangements in relation to person's main job. Source: ABS Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation, Australia, 2007 (cat. no. 6361.0).

EMPLOYEES WHO USED WORKING ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE CARE TO SOMEONE IN THE LAST WEEK (a)(b)(c)(d), 15 years and over
			2007
		'000		%
Males		210.6		13.2
Females		270.2		16.4
(a) Care provided in the week prior to the survey. (b) Excludes contributing family workers, owner manages of incorporated enterprises (OMIEs). (c) Male and female employees who used working arrangements to provide care to someone in the last week as a proportion of total employees for each sex who provided care. (d) Data reflects working/ leave arrangements in relation to person's main job. Source: ABS Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation, Australia, 2007 (cat. no. 6361.0).

Definitions of the concepts presented above can be found in the Work and Family Balance Glossary (under the Explanatory notes tab). More detailed information can be found in the Work and Family Balance Data Cube (under the Downloads tab).