This dataset shows the distribution of informal long-term care workload within households headed by a cohabiting/ married couple. The workload distribution is shown separately for each of three types of informal care tasks. For each type of task, the numbers indicate what percentage (%) of the target population have selected each answer category for that task. The target population are people who (1) are involved in informal long-term care and (2) live together with a spouse/partner.
Long-term care refers to a range of supportive services and medical assistance provided to individuals who require extended or ongoing help with activities of daily living, for a minimum of three months.
Respondents were asked about three types of help provided:
Respondents selected one option regarding who provided the support from the following list for each type of task:
More information on the methodological aspects of EIGE’s “survey on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities (CARE)”.can be obtained in the technical report.
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 |