Social environment: providers of unpaid care
Scottish Survey data (compiled from different national surveys by means of the Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ) project) suggest that almost one in five adults provide unpaid care for a friend of relative – 17% (based on the years 2016-19). As Chart 1 shows, that figure varies from approximately 12% in Aberdeen to 23% in the Shetland Islands. Various factors will influence these figures, not least the age of the population.
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