Daily time spent on undertaking housework tasks before and during the pandemic (%) , by having children under 11 eige_covid_hw__covid_hhwork_time_chld11

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

This indicator shows how much time women and men spend on housework tasks on a typical weekday both before and during the pandemic. Housework tasks refers to shopping, cooking, cleaning, laundry, financial and planning tasks.

Valid response were grouped into the three frequency categories:

  • Less than 1 hour
  • Between 1 and 4 hours
  • More than 4 hours

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 whether respondents report having a child under 11 within their household.

Keywords:
covid, covid-19, domestic work, housework, pandemic, work
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
22.8
BE
20.3
BG
22.3
CZ
19
DK
24.4
DE
13.9
EE
22
IE
42.7
EL
26.4
ES
24.5
FR
24.7
HR
20.8
IT
25.8
CY
29
LV
32.4
LT
18.9
LU
19.9
HU
21.2
MT
35.9
NL
31.2
AT
20.5
PL
29.7
PT
26.2
RO
22.6
SI
7.8
SK
12.9
FI
13.6
SE
28.9

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