EIGE

Days per week respondent provides childcare for children other than own, by type of activity and employment status eige_gap_child_resp__ggs_child_other_days_emp

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

Looking solely at the population of people who provide unpaid childcare to children other than their own (e.g. grandchildren, children-in-law, siblings, cousins, other relatives, friends, neighbours), this dataset shows how often such people provide various types of unpaid childcare activities to such children. For each type of activity, the numbers indicate what percentage (%) of people who provide unpaid childcare to children other than their own have selected each frequency category for that type of activity.

Respondents were asked about five types of childcare activities:

  • Personal and physical care (e.g. bathing, feeding, changing diapers, help with taking medicines)
  • Assistance with homework and school tasks
  • Planning, organising and managing children’s activities and transportation (e.g. getting to appointments, sport, school and healthcare, talking to teachers, organising parties)
  • Leisure-type activities (e.g. playing, reading, doing sports)
  • Supervising and emotional support (e.g. listening to, talking to and advising the children)

For each type of activity, respondents selected one frequency category from the following list:

  • Every day
  • 4 to 6 days a week
  • 1 to 3 days a week
  • Less often
  • Never

This indicator is disaggregated by the employment status of the respondent. It groups respondents as: Employed, Self-employed, Unemployed or Inactive.

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.

Keywords:
child care, child care-related, childcare, childcare services, childcare-related, children, social activities
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
2022
EU27_2020
18.4
BE
14.1
BG
13.6
CZ
17.3
DK
15.1(y)
DE
27.3
EE
0(y)
IE
25
EL
16.1
ES
15.9
FR
16
HR
8.1(y)
IT
7.3
CY
15.8(y)
LV
39.8(y)
LT
15.9(y)
LU
(x)
HU
25.8
MT
(x)
NL
10.8
AT
15.5
PL
18.2
PT
18.7
RO
36.8
SI
6.9(y)
SK
4.7(y)
FI
5.2
SE
16.7

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