Daily time spent on undertaking housework tasks before and during the pandemic (%) , by having children eige_covid_hw__covid_hhwork_time_chld17

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 aged 0-17 within their household.

IE
MT
PT
CY
LV
NL
RO
ES
PL
BE
IT
FR
DK
EU27_2020
EL
SE
BG
EE
AT
LU
HU
LT
HR
CZ
SK
SI
DE
FI
2021
IE
39
MT
34.6
PT
31.8
CY
29.3
LV
29.1
NL
28.2
RO
26.5
ES
26.3
PL
25.5
BE
25.1
IT
24.8
FR
24.4
DK
23.5
EU27_2020
22.4
EL
21.9
SE
21.9
BG
21.2
EE
21.1
AT
20.8
LU
20.8
HU
20.5
LT
18.9
HR
18.1
CZ
17.9
SK
17
SI
15.5
DE
14.6
FI
13

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