More than one in six Americans who work a full- or part-time job also report assisting with care for an elderly or disabled family member, relative, or friend.
Caregivers in the U.S. are diverse, with between 13% and 22% of American workers across major socioeconomic and demographic groups reporting that they fulfill a caregiver role.
These findings are from more than 200,000 surveys of employed Americans collected from January 2010 through June 2011 as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
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(Gallup) More Than One in Six American Workers Also Act as Caregivers
More than one in six Americans who work a full- or part-time job also report assisting with care for an elderly or disabled family member, relative, or friend.
Caregivers in the U.S. are diverse, with between 13% and 22% of American workers across major socioeconomic and demographic groups reporting that they fulfill a caregiver role.
These findings are from more than 200,000 surveys of employed Americans collected from January 2010 through June 2011 as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
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