NI Life and Times Survey - 2015 : PREFHELP50

Asked if respondent aged 50 or over...
Suppose that in years to come as you get older, you yourself begin to need increasing amounts of help with personal care such as washing or dressing. What kind of help would you ideally prefer?

	%
I would prefer my own children to help me	28
I would prefer other family members or friends to help me	23
I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help me	33
I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the help there	10
Other	1
Don't know	4

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
I would prefer my own children to help me	24	32
I would prefer other family members or friends to help me	24	23
I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help me	35	32
I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the help there	9	11
Other	1	0
Don't know	6	3

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
I would prefer my own children to help me	0	0	0	33	21	31
I would prefer other family members or friends to help me	0	0	0	23	24	23
I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help me	0	0	0	31	37	32
I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the help there	0	0	0	9	12	9
Other	0	0	0	1	0	1
Don't know	0	0	0	4	6	3

Results for people of different religions

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
Graphs not available for this table.

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
I would prefer my own children to help me	29	28	*
I would prefer other family members or friends to help me	24	24	*
I would prefer care assistants coming to my home to help me	32	34	*
I would prefer to move to a nursing home and have the help there	9	11	*
Other	1	0	*
Don't know	5	2	*