EIGE

Days per week respondent provides childcare for own children, by type of childcare activity and education level eige_care_child_resp__care_child_own_days_edu

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

This dataset shows how often in a typical week people provide different types of childcare activities to their own children (including step-children and adopted children). For each type of activity, the numbers indicate what percentage (%) of all people who provide childcare to their own children aged less than 25 have selected each frequency category for that type of activity.

Respondents were asked about five types of childcare activities:

  • Personal and physical care (e.g. bathing, feeding, changing diapers, help with taking medicines)
  • Assistance with homework and school tasks
  • Planning, organising and managing children’s activities and transportation (e.g. getting to appointments, sport, school and healthcare, talking to teachers, organising parties)
  • Leisure-type activities (e.g. playing, reading, doing sports)
  • Supervising and emotional support (e.g. listening to, talking to and advising the children)

For each type of activity, respondents selected one frequency category from the following list:

  • Every day
  • 4 to 6 days a week
  • 1 to 3 days a week
  • Less often
  • Never

This indicator is disaggregated by the education level of the respondent. Responses were grouped into three levels of education according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED): “Low” (ISCED 0–2), “Medium” (ISCED 3–4) and “High” (ISCED 5–8). ISCED levels are: 0 Pre-primary education; 1 Primary education; 2 Lower secondary education or equivalent; 3 Secondary education (e.g. high school); 4 Post-secondary education non-tertiary (e.g. technical education lasting minimum 6 months); 5 Short-cycle tertiary (e.g. advanced vocational education lasting minimum 2 years); 6 University: Bachelor’s or equivalent level; 7 University: Master’s or equivalent level; 8 University: Doctoral (PhD) or equivalent level.

Keywords:
child care, child care-related, childcare, childcare services, childcare-related, children, social activities
EU27_2020
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
2024
EU27_2020
52.2
BE
37.5
BG
51
CZ
50.1
DK
50.8
DE
47.1
EE
42.7(y)
IE
53.3(y)
EL
50.6
ES
51.6
FR
56.7
HR
45
IT
55.4
CY
53.8
LV
70.7
LT
52.7(y)
LU
27(y)
HU
59.4
MT
(x)
NL
47.8
AT
48.7
PL
53.6
PT
64.7
RO
55.4
SI
56.4
SK
58.5
FI
38
SE
56.3

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable