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Table 2 Descriptives of the views of the responsibility for care tasks

From: Who is responsible for providing care? Investigating the role of care tasks and past experiences in a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands

  

Responsible for care tasks is (in %):

   
  

Exclusively the general public

Mainly the general public

Partly the general public and the government

Mainly the government

Exclusively the government

Mean score (sd)

Range

N

Views on responsibility for care in general

     

2.8 (0.6)

1–5

1009

Views on responsibility for personal or nursing care

     

3.4 (0.8)

1–5

1018

 Personal care

5%

11%

48%

23%

13%

  

1036

 Assistance with taking medication

5%

21%

43%

19%

12%

  

1033

 Nursing care

2%

3%

29%

39%

26%

  

1033

Views on responsibility for support activities

     

2.5 (0.7)

1–5

1027

 Household activities

5%

22%

55%

12%

6%

  

1045

 Support with administrative tasks

8%

50%

33%

2%

2%

  

1037

 Support with visits

12%

51%

33%

2%

2%

  

1042

 Emotional support

16%

45%

34%

2%

3%

  

1040

 Supervision

12%

39%

42%

4%

4%

  

1043

  1. sd standard deviation