Using the Earnings and Employees Study (2011) to analyse the association between unpaid caring and employment and earnings in NI.

目前，据估计，北爱尔兰每五个成年人中就有一个有照顾责任。在2011年人口普查日，全国共有214,000人(12%)提供某种形式的无偿护理，2001年为185,066人，增加了16%。对于有长期身体/心理问题、残疾或与老年有关的问题的人来说，在家里由朋友的家人照顾有许多好处；他们报告说，他们的独立性更高，衰退更慢，生活满意度更高。此外，还有巨大的经济效益，仅在新冠肺炎大流行一整年期间提供的护理价值就估计为北爱尔兰69.3亿英镑。作为一名护理者也有相关的好处；研究表明，提供护理可以增加对护理者的信心，培养韧性，加强与护理接受者的情感纽带，并提供护理接受者得到良好照顾的保证。然而，给予照顾也会给照顾者带来很多成本；照顾者经历了高负担、抑郁、焦虑、痛苦、压力、糟糕的身体健康结果和较低的生活质量。然而，关于照顾对就业和收入的影响；就业状况(例如临时、临时或长期)、就业类型(全职、兼职)、职业部门、工作时间、收入、加班频率、缺勤、养老金缴款等方面的研究证据明显不足。照顾责任可能-*导致离开工作岗位提供照顾，这是劳动力中经验和专业知识的丧失。据估计，2019年，北爱尔兰有近13万人为了提供护理而离开工作岗位，或将工作时间减少到兼职。*阻碍人们进入就业岗位，剥夺了经济与相关的个人和财务成本。*增加兼职和/或临时工作的可能性，以满足护理需求。*对养老金缴费的影响，增加未来经济不安全的可能性。该项目旨在最全面地描述NI的无偿护理，以及它与就业和收入相关的广泛方面的关系。它将通过对一个独特的数据源进行分析来实现这一点，该数据源结合了三个不同来源的数据。2011年收入和雇员研究(EES)将2011年工作时间和收入年度调查(ASHE)的变量与2011年人口和住房普查的变量以及土地和物业服务机构的资本价值数据联系在一起。2021年，英国经济部发布了《10倍经济--创新十年的经济愿景》，其中承认“……包容性增长是根本”。这项研究将有助于为10倍经济的实施提供信息和指导，承认无偿照顾者在国家创新经济中发挥着极其重要的作用。这项研究项目将与护理人员NI作为合作伙伴进行，以确保研究结果被最佳地用于帮助提供政策和实践，以保护、促进和倡导这一庞大且不断增长的NI人口。

Currently it is estimated that one-in-five adults in Northern Ireland (NI) have caring responsibilities. A total of 214,000 (12%) people were providing some form of unpaid care on Census Day 2011 in NI, compared with 185,066 in 2001, an increase of 16 per cent. For people with long-term physical/psychological problems, disability, or problems related to old age there are many benefits associated with being cared for at home by a family member of friend; they report higher levels of independence, slower decline, and higher levels of life satisfaction. Furthermore, there are enormous economic benefits with the value of care provided during a full year of the Covid-19 pandemic alone being estimated at £6.93 billion for Northern Ireland. There are also benefits associated with being a carer; research has shown that providing care can increase confidence in the caregivers, develops resilience, strengthens emotional bonds with the care recipient, and provides reassurance that the care recipient is being well-cared for. However, care giving also comes with many costs to the care giver; carers experienced high levels of 'burden', depression, anxiety, distress, stress, poor physical health outcomes and lower quality of life. However, there is a notable lack of research evidence on the impact of caring on employment and income; employment status (e.g. casual, temporary, or permanent), employment type (full-time, part-time), occupational sector, hours worked, income, frequency of overtime, absence, pension contributions etc.Caring responsibilities may- * Result in leaving employment to provide care, which is a loss of experience and expertise in the workforce. In 2019, nearly 130,000 people in Northern Ireland are estimated to have left work, or reduced their hours to part-time, in order to provide care.* Hinder people entering the employment, depriving the economy with the associated personal and financial costs.* Increase the likelihood of part-time and/or casual working to accommodate caring demands.* Impact on pension contributions, increasing the likelihood of future financial insecurity.This project aims to provide the most comprehensive description of unpaid caring in NI and how it is related to a broad range of aspects associated with employment and income. It will achieve this by conducting analysis on a unique data source that combines data from three different sources. The Earnings and Employees Study (EES) 2011 links together variables from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2011, with variables from the Census of Population and Housing 2011, and Capital Value data from the Land and Property Services. In 2021 the Department for the Economy published the "10X Economy - An Economic Vision For A Decade Of Innovation" and this acknowledges that "...inclusive growth is fundamental". This study will help inform and guide the implementation of the 10X Economy in a way that acknowledges the hugely important role that unpaid carers play in the NI economy. This research project will be conducted with Carers NI as partners, to ensure that the findings are optimally used to help inform policy and practice to protect, promote and advocate for this large, and growing, part of the NI population.