Table 20
Types of help received among seniors who received unpaid help in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012 Table 20
Types of help received among seniors who received unpaid help in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012

Table 20
Types of help received among seniors who received unpaid help in the last 12 months, by age group and sex, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of help received among seniors who received unpaid help in the last 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of help from primary caregiver (appearing as row headers), Total – 65 years and over, 65 to 74 years, 75 to 84 years, 85 years and over, Women and Men, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of help from primary caregiver	Total – 65 years and over		65 to 74 years		75 to 84 years		85 years and over
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	percentage
Transportation	79	66^Note *	73	62^Note *	76	64^Note *	88	78^Note *
Household chores (e.g., meal preparation, cleaning)	54	47^Note *	56	43^Note *	51	49	57	49
House maintenance or outdoor work	40	44	44	38	37	46	42	49
Personal care (e.g., bathing, dressing)	27	24	20	24	27	25	33	22^{Note E: Use with caution}
Medical treatments (e.g., taking medications)	27	36^Note *	19^{Note E: Use with caution}	35^Note *	26	38^Note *	35	32^{Note E: Use with caution}
Scheduling or coordinating care-related tasks (e.g., making appointments)	40	46^Note *	26	41^Note *	37	47	54	54
Banking, bill paying, or managing finances	45	42	31	38	43	44	60	42^Note *
Other	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from women, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving, 2012.

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