Table 1

Type of activities according to Dearden and Becker [14]

below 5 years

5–10 years

11–15 years

above 15 years

housekeeping

25% (n = 5)

55% (n = 401)

73% (n = 894)

81% (n = 264)

general care

10% (n = 2)

45% (n = 327)

56% (n = 691)

68% (n = 222)

intimate care

5% (n = 1)

11% (n = 79)

21% (n = 258)

34% (n = 111)

emotional care

20% (n = 4)

35% (n = 256)

44% (n = 540)

44% (n = 142)

siblings care

10% (n = 2)

6% (n = 41)

7% (n = 83)

6% (n = 18)

Schlarmann et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:414   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-414