[Dataset] Being an adult or an older caregiver of older people during the pandemic

The "Study on the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on INFORMAL/FAMILY/UNPAID CARERS across Europe" looks at the effect of COVID on different aspects of the carer experience. The online survey was targeted at the informal carers of older, frail or disabled people across Europe regarding their experience during the COVID-19 crisis. Overall 2,468 questionnaires submitted by informal carers in 16 countries were collected. Individuals caring for someone aged less than 65 (n=988) or not declaring the age of the care recipient (n=30), or not reporting their own age (n=24), were excluded from the analysis. In addition, observations with missing values in the main outcomes (n=36) were also excluded, thus leaving 1,390 subjects available for the analysis本研究题为《欧洲范围内新冠疫情暴发对非正式/家庭/无偿照护者（informal/family/unpaid carers）的影响研究》，旨在探究新冠疫情对照护者体验各维度的影响。本研究采用线上问卷形式，面向欧洲各地照料老年、体弱或残障人士的非正式照护者，调研其在新冠疫情危机期间的照护体验。研究共回收来自16个国家的非正式照护者提交的问卷共计2468份。其中，照料对象年龄低于65岁（988例）、未披露照料对象年龄（30例）以及未报告自身年龄（24例）的受访者被排除在分析之外。此外，核心结局指标存在缺失值的36条观测记录亦被剔除，最终共有1390名受试者可纳入后续分析。