EIGE

On average, how many hours per week are you involved in caring for disabled or infirm family members, neighbours or friends under 75 years old outside of paid work? (mean hours, 18+ population) ta_timeuse_careact_eldrldis__eqls_famcarehours__u75m

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 Q43d 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 disabled or infirm family members, neighbours or friends under 75 years old outside of paid work? ___ hours.

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

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 (Q42d) that they had been involved at least once a week in caring for disabled or infirm family members, neighbours or friends under 75 years old.

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.
PL
BG
IE
EL
SK
AT
TR
LT
AL
UK
RO
MT
ES
HR
CZ
HU
LU
SI
MK
EU28
ME
CY
RS
LV
PT
NL
BE
FR
IT
SE
EE
DK
DE
FI
2016
PL
26
BG
24.4
IE
21.8
EL
21.6
SK
21.2(y)
AT
20.5
TR
19.8
LT
19.7
AL
19.6
UK
18.9
RO
18.6
MT
17.9
ES
17.6
HR
16
CZ
15.9
HU
14.8
LU
14.8
SI
14.3
MK
14
EU28
13.7
ME
13.3
CY
12.7
RS
12.7
LV
12.4
PT
12.1(y)
NL
10.5
BE
10.2
FR
9.7
IT
9.6
SE
8.9
EE
8.1
DK
7.8
DE
7.8
FI
6.4

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