“…Previous research has shown that mid-life (i.e. between ages 45 and 55) is the age at which one's risk of providing informal care peaks across the lifecourse, with implications for individuals' health and economic participation (Dykstra and Komter, 2012;Evandrou et al, 2015;Bardoel and Drago, 2016;Hanson and Starr, 2017). Since the inclusion of a question regarding informal care provision in the UK Census 2001, repeated in 2011, and the increased availability of longitudinal data internationally such as the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a substantial body of literature has examined patterns of informal care provision across different age groups, as well as the more detailed nature of the care-giving activity such as the number of hours dedicated to care, the relationship between the person caring and the person cared for, and whether they live in the same household (Dahlberg et al, 2007;Norman and Purdam, 2013;Robards et al, 2015).…”