Teenage girls ‘face almost eight years of their future as an unpaid carer’
by Aine Fox
Apr 18, 2024
3 minutes
Teenage girls can expect to spend almost eight years of the rest of their life as an unpaid carer, new data has suggested.
This compares with just over five years for teenage boys, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The new estimates look at the average number of years people are expected to provide unpaid care beyond their current age between 2020 and 2022.
— Office for National Statistics
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