EIGE

On average, how many hours per week are you involved in caring for and/or educating your children outside of paid work? (mean hours, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_careact_chldrn__eqls_famcarehours__yrchildm

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 Q43a from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: On average, how many hours per week are you involved in caring for and/or educating your children outside of paid work? ___ hours.

This question was only asked in 2007 and 2016, but not in 2011.

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 (42a) that they had been involved in caring for and/or educating their children at least once a week.

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.
EU28
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
UK
ME
MK
AL
RS
TR
2016
EU28
30.6
BE
26.9
BG
32
CZ
22
DK
22
DE
30.2
EE
29.5
IE
39.3
EL
26.5
ES
31.8
FR
27
HR
25
IT
29.5
CY
24.6
LV
31.7
LT
31.1
LU
30
HU
29.5
MT
27
NL
38.1
AT
41.5
PL
35.7
PT
24.8
RO
25.9
SI
23.6
SK
22.7
FI
28.7
SE
36.6
UK
32.4
ME
29
MK
28.8
AL
20.7
RS
29.7
TR
21.8

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