EIGE

In general, how often are you involved in caring for disabled or infirm family members, neighbours or friends under 75 years old outside of work? (% of respondents, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_careact_eldrldis__eqls_famcareactiv__u75

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (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 Q42d from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: In general, how often are you involved in caring for disabled or infirm family members, neighbours or friends under 75 years old? 1 Every day; 2 Several days a week; 3 Once or twice a week; 4 Less often; 5 Never.

This question was only asked in 2016, therefore no time series data are available.

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

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.
FR
ME
LV
AL
RS
RO
LU
BE
UK
IE
ES
EU28
MT
HR
PL
MK
TR
BG
LT
EL
NL
SK
CZ
SI
EE
CY
AT
FI
PT
DE
HU
IT
DK
SE
2016
FR
12.1
ME
9.9
LV
9.8
AL
9
RS
8.7
RO
8.3
LU
8
BE
7.9
UK
7.7
IE
6.8
ES
5.9
EU28
5.5
MT
5.4
HR
5.2
PL
5.2
MK
4.8
TR
4.4
BG
4.3
LT
4.3
EL
4
NL
4
SK
3.9
CZ
3.8
SI
3.8
EE
3.7
CY
3.5
AT
3.4
FI
3.2
PT
3.2
DE
2.7
HU
2.7
IT
2.7
DK
1.5
SE
1.5

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