Hours per week spent on housework

Hours per week spent on housework eige_care_hw__care_hw_hours

Time format:

Years

Unit:

Percentage (comparable)

Description:

This dataset shows how many hours in a typical week respondents are involved in housework. The numbers indicate what percentage (%) of all respondents who are involved in housework have selected each hour band.

Respondents were asked "How many hours in a typical week are you involved in housework?" They selected one hour band from the following list:

1-7 weekly hours (e.g. approx. 1 hour per day)
8-21 weekly hours (e.g. more than 1 up to 3 hours per day)
22-35 weekly hours (e.g. more than 3 up to 5 hours per day)
36-49 weekly hours (e.g. more than 5 up to 7 hours per day)
50-70 weekly hours (e.g. more than 7 up to 10 hours per day)
71 or more weekly hours (e.g. more than 10 hours per day)

Keywords:

domestic work, housework, social activities, work

Select all	Code	Label
	2024	2024

Select all	Code	Label
	EU27_2020	European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
	BE	Belgium
	BG	Bulgaria
	CZ	Czechia
	DK	Denmark
	DE	Germany
	EE	Estonia
	IE	Ireland
	EL	Greece
	ES	Spain
	FR	France
	HR	Croatia
	IT	Italy
	CY	Cyprus
	LV	Latvia
	LT	Lithuania
	LU	Luxembourg
	HU	Hungary
	MT	Malta
	NL	Netherlands
	AT	Austria
	PL	Poland
	PT	Portugal
	RO	Romania
	SI	Slovenia
	SK	Slovakia
	FI	Finland
	SE	Sweden

sex

weekly_hours

EU27_2020

		time
geo

2024

EU27_2020

5.6

9.5

5.9

5.2

4.2

5.2

5.3

6.2

2.6

5.8

6.3

3.7

6.8

4.2

8.2

6.4

10.9

10.7

4.8

4.5

9.9

6.9

6.3

3.3

6.9

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

Hours per week spent on housework eige_care_hw__care_hw_hours

Time

Geographic region