This dataset shows how often informal long-term carers rely on various types of care services.
Long-term care refers to a range of supportive services and medical assistance provided to individuals who require extended or ongoing help with activities of daily living, for a minimum of three months.
For each type of service, the numbers indicate what percentage (%) of all people involved in informal long-term care have selected each frequency category for that type of service.
Respondents were asked about nine types of care services:
For each type of service, respondents selected one frequency category from the following list:
Available flags:
| b | break in time series | c | confidential |
| d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
| f | forecast | i | see metadata |
| m | imputed | n | not significant |
| p | provisional | r | revised |
| s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
| x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
| z | not applicable |