| Criteria | Marks |
|---|
| Thoroughly accounts for the age and gender of carers, with detailed reference to the graph provided | 5 |
| Soundly accounts for the age and gender of carers, with reference to the graph provided | 4 |
| Attempts to account for the age and/or gender of carers | 3 |
| Provides some information on age and/or gender and/or carers | 2 |
| Provides some relevant information | 1 |
Sample answer:
The graph shows that there is a significant number of female carers between the ages of 50−70 years old. This may be due to the tradition for females to undertake caring roles in families, and/or for females to be working part-time/retired from the workforce. This caring role may be in families with older, less mobile parents, with declining health requiring assistance with daily tasks. The number of male carers increase over 60 years of age which may align with retirement from the workforce and caring for a partner or grandchildren. There are very few non-binary/gender diverse individuals who identify as carers in this research.
Answers could include:
- Females undertake caring roles in much larger percentage than males across all age groups due to gender expectations of females being the nurturer.
- Young people are carers too, due to family members/parent experiencing ill-being or having a disability.
- The caring role could be that of grandparents responsible for the daily care of children and/or before and after school care of children.
