EIGE

Distribution of childcare tasks in households with a couple with children during and before the pandemic (%), by type of task and age of children and education eige_covid_chldc_resp__covid_chld_distrib_edu

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

This indicator shows the distribution of childcare tasks among women and men with childcare responsibilities, either in their own household or another household (e.g., grandchildren), both before and during the pandemic. Childcare responsibilities are divided according to the age of the children (children aged 0-11, and children aged 12-17) and by type of childcare task (care and supervision, schoolwork, playing, and managing schedules and activities).

Valid responses were grouped into the four categories:

  • Almost completely/for the most part my partner
  • About equal or both together
  • Almost completely/for the most part me
  • Mainly another person

More information on the methodological aspects of EIGE’s survey ‘Gender Equality and Socio-Economic Consequences of Covid-19 crisis’ can be obtained in the technical report.

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 1-2), “Medium” (ISCED 3-4) and “High” (ISCED 5-8).

ISCED levels are:

  • 1. Primary education or less
  • 2. Lower secondary education or equivalent level
  • 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, couple, covid, covid-19, family, family type, lone parent, pandemic, single-person
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
2021
EU27_2020
56
BE
47.2
BG
46.9
CZ
63.8
DK
52.5
DE
60.1
EE
40
IE
61.8
EL
58.3
ES
53.8
FR
59.7
HR
29.7
IT
57.6
CY
57.4
LV
53.7
LT
60.9
LU
61.9(y)
HU
57.1
MT
(x)
NL
49.3
AT
56.6
PL
43.3
PT
49.3
RO
61
SI
34
SK
61.1
FI
54.9
SE
49.4

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