Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2014 Wave 2 – Mexico: Caregiving for Adults / Children living outside the Household

Interviewer: Now I would like to know about adults and children who do not live in this household or household compound, but whom you provide support/care.

1. Over the last 12 months, have there been any adults and/or children living outside your household to whom you have provided care for any reason? This could include financial, physical, emotional, health or personal care or support?

Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2

2. How many people did this include?
3. What is your relationship to this person?

Response Options:
Spouse or partner - 2
Daughter or son - 3
Daughter- or son-in law - 4
Grandchild - 5
Brother or sister - 8
Other relative, child (e.g. cousin) - 11
Not related child - 12

4. What is the age of this person?

Response Options:
In years: ____

5. Who is the person primarily responsible for the support and care of this person?

Response Options:
Respondent - 1
Another person - 2

6. For how long have/had you been providing care? (over the last 12 months)

Response Options:
Less than 30 days - 1
1 to 3 months - 2
More than 3 months but less than 6 months - 3
6 months or more - 4

7. What type of support was provided?

Response Options:
Financial - 1
Social or emotional - 2
Health - 3
Physical - 4
Personal (choose all that apply) - 5

8. Is/was support and care generally provided

Response Options:
Daily - 1
Several days per week - 2
Once per week - 3
Once per month - 4
Occasionally, as needed - 5

9. About how much time per week on average did/do you spend providing support/care for this adult?

Response Options:
By hours: ____
By minutes: ____
Don’t know – 88:88

10. How much difficulty did you have with providing this support/care?

Response Options:
None - 1
Mild - 2
Moderate - 3
Severe - 4
Extreme or could not do - 5

11. What kind of help have you, as a caregiver, received?

Response Options:
Financial, such as cash, paying for bills, fees, food or medicines, clothing or other provisions - 1
Emotional, like social support, counseling, time with friends - 2
Health, including providing health care, administering medicines, changing bandages, arranging health care providers - 3
Physical including household or farming chores, transportation - 4
Personal care, help with bathing, eating, dressing, toileting, moving around - 5
Other – specify (choose all that apply) - 7

12. Who provided this help or assistance? Anyone else?

Response Options:
HH / Family members – 1
Family outside the household - 2
Neighbours or community - 3
Government - 4
Church - 5
NGOs - 6

Not Applicable

PRIMARY CITATION:

Salinas-Rodriguez, A., & Manrique-Espinoza, B. S. (2016). Mexico - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health-2014, Wave 2. https://apps.who.int/healthinfo/systems/surveydata/index.php/catalog/212