EIGE

How many hours per week are you involved in caring for elderly or disabled relatives outside of paid work? (mean hours, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_careact_eldrldis__eqls_famcarehours__oldm

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 Q37c 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 elderly or disabled relatives 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 (Q36c) that they had been involved in caring for elderly or disabled relatives 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.
Keywords:
care activities, caring, disabilities, disability, disabled, elderly, elderly/disabled, incapacity, old age, old-age, older, population, relative, relatives, time use, work
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
IS
NO
UK
ME
MK
RS
TR
XK
2011
2007
EU28
12.5
13.7
BE
8.3
6.6
BG
13.2
12.5
CZ
10.6
13
DK
7.6
8.1
DE
12.9
14.9
EE
15.6
12.4
IE
14
23.9
EL
21
17.2
ES
16.5
18.7
FR
6.8
7.7
HR
14.1
14
IT
9
9.1
CY
14.9
15.2
LV
12.4
10.1
LT
12.2
9.6
LU
10.1
13.1
HU
8.3
7.8
MT
18.4
13.2
NL
9.7
9.3
AT
14
9.2
PL
18
18.1
PT
15.9
15.5(y)
RO
15.6
14.9
SI
12.6
12.6
SK
19.8
18.1
FI
5.4
5
SE
7.9
8.4
IS
6.5
NO
5.8
UK
17.2
21.6
ME
17.2
MK
11.2
15.9
RS
26.9
TR
15.6
13.5
XK
4.2

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