FIGURE 5

Nearly Half of Those Who Have Helped an Adult Loved One Might Be Full‑Time Caregivers If They Had the Choice

Share of those who have helped an adult family member or close friend who say “I would be a full-time caregiver, if I had the choice” describes them…

Based on responses from 1,713 adults who have helped an adult family member or close friend (1,128 men and 585 women). Ns are unweighted. No differences between men and women are statistically significant (p < .05).
Source: Survey of 3,345 U.S. adults, with an oversample of men and fathers, drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel and a nonprobability sample from Dynata; conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for New America’s Better Life Lab, April 6–20, 2026.