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About how often do you provide unpaid help or care to an adult relative or friend who needs assistance due to aging, disability, or illness?
Frequency of unpaid care to adult relative or friend · Asked in 3 waves, 2023–2025 · 6,392 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Group | Daily | Several days per week | Several days per month | Once per month | Less than once per month | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| 32% |
| 28% |
| 28% |
| 7% |
| 5% |
| 2349 |
| ±2 |
| Rural | 31% | 31% | 32% | 4% | 3% | 362 | ±5 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.