EIGE

How many hours per week are you involved in caring for your children or grandchildren outside of paid work? (mean hours, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_careact_chldrn__eqls_famcarehours__childm

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Mean hours (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q37a from the 2012 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2012: On average, how many hours per week are you involved in caring for your children or grandchildren outside of paid work? ___ hours.

The indicator is calculated as the mean number of hours out of all responses given by persons who answered the question (excluding those answering 'not applicable', 'don't know' or refusing to answer). This question was only asked to respondents who answered to the preceding question (Q36a) that they had been involved at least once a week in caring for your children or grandchildren.

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
UK
IE
RS
PL
TR
LT
ME
MT
IS
RO
SE
LV
EE
SK
ES
EU28
LU
NL
EL
FI
CY
DK
FR
DE
AT
PT
HU
BG
HR
CZ
SI
BE
MK
IT
XK
2011
UK
39.4
IE
36.7
RS
34.8
PL
31.3
TR
29.7
LT
29.2
ME
28.9
MT
28
IS
27.6
RO
27.6
SE
27.6
LV
27.2
EE
26.8
SK
25.9
ES
24.7
EU28
24.5
LU
24.4
NL
24.4
EL
23.9
FI
23.5
CY
22.8
DK
22.4
FR
22.4
DE
22.4
AT
22.2
PT
21.6
HU
20.8
BG
20.1
HR
20.1
CZ
18.9
SI
18.6
BE
17.5
MK
16.3
IT
15.7
XK
7.3

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