Employment status of carers in England 2018

This statistic shows the results of a survey about the employment status of carers, in addition to their caring role, in England in 2018/19. In this year, 57 percent of the respondents say they are retired, while only 8.2 percent of carers are in full-time employment.

Distribution of employment status of carers in addition to their caring role in England in 2018/19

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Retired	57%
Employed full-time	8.2%
Employed part-time (working only 30 hours or less)	10.3%
Self-employed full-time	1.9%
Self-employed part-time	3.3%
Not in paid work	21.5%
Doing voluntary work	5.9%
Other	6.3%

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2018 to 2019

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Adult carers

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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