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Characteristics of and health and well-being of informal military carers between the 2001 and 2011..

Gursimran Thandi and Nicola Townsend Fear, King's College London

(Project no. 1005151)

There is no estimate of how many people connected to the UK Armed Forces (either through employment in the Armed Forces or through their relationship with someone in the Armed Forces) provide informal care. This study will, i) examine the characteristics of military carers and compare them with civilian carers using data from the 2001, and 2011 census, and ii) changes in employment and health and well-being of military connected carers will be followed up and examined over time using longitudinal census data for the period 2001 to 2011 which covers the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

This is a standalone research project. The aims of this research are to compare the health, employment, and time spent caring of military and non-military carers using data from England and Wales 2001 and 2011 LS data. The data will also be used to compare the number of hours spent providing informal care by the two groups, the employment status or both groups, and the health outcomes of both groups at 2001, and at 2011.

Military personnel, or those married to military personnel will be identified using the Armed Forces identifier in the LS data. [All Armed Forces personnel are enumerated in the census]. These cases will be compared will non-military civilians (families in which no one is connected to the military through employment or relationship).