EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q32_1 On average, how often do you have face-to-face contact with your children? (living outside your household)

Gender

Q32_1 On average, how often do you have face-to-face contact with your children? (living outside your household)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Do not have such relatives	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	35.5	11.8	52	0.7	472
	Female	44.4	9.2	45.2	1.1	571
	Both	40.2	10.5	48.4	0.9	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	36.3	7.9	50.8	5	468
	Female	40.7	9.2	46.4	3.7	542
	Both	38.6	8.6	48.5	4.3	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	31.6	18.8	47.7	1.8	442
	Female	42	18.4	38.6	1	588
	Both	37.1	18.6	43	1.4	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	37.2	6.9	55.9	0.0	433
	Female	38.7	8.4	52.9	0.0	570
	Both	38	7.7	54.4	0.0	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	44.8	15.1	38.7	1.4	465
	Female	49.3	11.4	38.5	0.7	762
	Both	47.2	13.2	38.6	1	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	34.5	18	47.1	0.3	917
	Female	44.3	14	41.3	0.4	1091
	Both	39.6	15.9	44.1	0.4	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	33.8	16.4	47.8	2	449
	Female	37.7	18.5	43.1	0.7	555
	Both	35.8	17.5	45.4	1.3	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	39.9	19.6	36.9	3.5	405
	Female	44.5	16	36	3.5	618
	Both	42.5	17.6	36.4	3.5	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	25.5	7	67.5	0.0	436
	Female	31.1	8.9	59.9	0.0	564
	Both	28.4	8	63.6	0.0	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	43	6	50.3	0.6	499
	Female	44.2	6.1	49.3	0.5	516
	Both	43.6	6.1	49.8	0.5	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	39.5	19.3	38.2	2.9	464
	Female	48.9	20.4	29.7	0.9	538
	Both	44.4	19.9	33.9	1.9	1002
FR (France)	Male	28.7	19.8	49.9	1.6	634
	Female	37.5	18.2	43.4	0.9	903
	Both	33.3	19	46.5	1.2	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	31.5	6.9	60.5	1.1	388
	Female	38.2	10	49.2	2.6	612
	Both	35	8.5	54.6	1.9	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	49.7	7.6	42.4	0.3	387
	Female	61.5	8.6	29.6	0.3	613
	Both	56	8.1	35.6	0.3	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	25.2	6.7	66.6	1.4	401
	Female	35.8	3.4	58.3	2.5	599
	Both	30.6	5	62.4	1.9	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	36.1	5.6	58	0.3	537
	Female	46.2	6.3	46.9	0.5	979
	Both	41.4	6	52.2	0.4	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	33.2	17.4	49	0.4	378
	Female	36.9	18.7	44.1	0.3	626
	Both	35.3	18.1	46.3	0.3	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	27.1	10.1	62.8	0.0	427
	Female	32.7	8.8	58.5	0.0	577
	Both	29.9	9.4	60.6	0.0	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	37.1	14.8	46.4	1.7	383
	Female	42.9	13.1	42.9	1.1	619
	Both	40.3	13.9	44.5	1.4	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	28.3	6.8	64.1	0.8	482
	Female	26.9	10.7	62.4	0.1	526
	Both	27.6	8.7	63.2	0.4	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	25.1	3.1	71.5	0.4	501
	Female	27.8	1.9	70.2	0.1	499
	Both	26.5	2.4	70.8	0.2	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	34.7	9	51.4	4.9	481
	Female	38.4	9.5	50.5	1.5	530
	Both	36.6	9.3	50.9	3.2	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	44.8	14.5	39.2	1.5	467
	Female	51.8	10.5	35.6	2.1	533
	Both	48.3	12.5	37.4	1.8	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	34.8	10.8	53.6	0.7	608
	Female	44.7	10.5	44.1	0.6	892
	Both	40	10.7	48.7	0.7	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	35	4.8	59.6	0.6	477
	Female	42.7	6	50.7	0.7	523
	Both	39	5.4	54.9	0.6	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	12.6	6.7	80.1	0.7	473
	Female	14.7	10.7	74.1	0.5	527
	Both	13.7	8.8	77	0.6	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	26.4	16.9	55.7	1	495
	Female	35.5	16	48.2	0.3	522
	Both	31	16.4	51.9	0.7	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	38.2	6.4	54.7	0.8	428
	Female	46.4	5.6	47.1	0.8	607
	Both	42.4	6	50.8	0.8	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	30.7	12.8	55.2	1.3	439
	Female	43.3	11.3	45.1	0.3	689
	Both	37.3	12	49.9	0.8	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	13.7	10	70.3	6	878
	Female	21.5	11.4	62.9	4.2	1122
	Both	17.6	10.7	66.6	5.1	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	33.3	12.8	51.2	2.7	648
	Female	42.3	13.3	43.3	1.2	859
	Both	38	13.1	47.1	1.9	1507
CC3	Male	15.3	9.7	69.5	5.5	1748
	Female	22.9	11.3	61.8	4	2260
	Both	19.1	10.5	65.6	4.7	4008
EU 15	Male	34.3	12.6	51.7	1.3	7805
	Female	42.2	11.7	45.3	0.8	9869
	Both	38.4	12.2	48.4	1.1	17674
NMS12	Male	32.1	11	55.9	0.9	5342
	Female	39.9	11.4	48.1	0.6	7610
	Both	36.2	11.2	51.8	0.7	12952
EU 27	Male	33.9	12.3	52.6	1.2	13147
	Female	41.7	11.7	45.9	0.8	17479
	Both	37.9	12	49.1	1	30626

Age

Q32_1 On average, how often do you have face-to-face contact with your children? (living outside your household)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Do not have such relatives	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	12.4	3.5	82.2	1.9	309
	35-49	39.6	5.7	54.3	0.3	350
	50-64	58.3	12.8	27.9	1	230
	65+	60	26.1	13.4	0.4	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	9.8	1.5	81	7.8	210
	35-49	28.9	3.8	63.1	4.2	317
	50-64	58.6	13.8	24	3.7	262
	65+	66.1	18.4	14.8	0.8	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	13.5	1.6	83.8	1.1	235
	35-49	37.3	17	44.4	1.4	236
	50-64	48	29.6	19.8	2.5	305
	65+	57.1	31.6	11	0.3	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	1.1	0.3	98.6	0.0	205
	35-49	32	10.8	57.3	0.0	223
	50-64	69.2	13.2	17.5	0.0	322
	65+	81.9	9.9	8.2	0.0	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	22	1	74.7	2.3	298
	35-49	51.7	6.9	40.3	1.1	332
	50-64	64.2	25	10.8	0.0	399
	65+	64	29.2	6.8	0.0	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	12.5	7.7	79.6	0.1	431
	35-49	35.4	9.1	54.6	0.8	595
	50-64	52.9	23.8	23	0.2	453
	65+	60.5	25.6	13.7	0.2	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	7.2	0.0	90.3	2.5	183
	35-49	32.4	8.4	57.4	1.8	257
	50-64	51.8	34.4	13.5	0.4	289
	65+	58.2	31.9	9.7	0.2	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	20.7	2.3	70.2	6.8	235
	35-49	45.8	15	35.7	3.5	202
	50-64	56.1	30.9	12.3	0.7	253
	65+	56.1	29.4	13	1.5	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	3.1	0.3	96.5	0.0	289
	35-49	11.8	7	81.3	0.0	260
	50-64	49.2	14.7	36.1	0.0	187
	65+	67.3	14.5	18.2	0.0	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	11.7	2.9	84.3	1.1	286
	35-49	37.6	4.3	57.4	0.7	275
	50-64	69.9	7.5	22.5	0.1	194
	65+	73.4	11.9	14.7	0.0	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	22.5	2.3	70.5	4.8	183
	35-49	46.7	11.6	40.3	1.3	232
	50-64	54.1	35.5	9.5	1	324
	65+	56.9	32.7	10.5	0.0	263
FR (France)	18-34	9.4	1.3	86.5	2.9	353
	35-49	30.8	7.7	60	1.5	416
	50-64	46.8	37.3	15.7	0.2	401
	65+	52.8	36	11.2	0.0	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	9.8	0.7	85.9	3.6	245
	35-49	30.5	3.1	65.7	0.8	229
	50-64	54.9	13.8	30.8	0.5	266
	65+	55.8	21.7	19.9	2.6	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	29	1.7	69.2	0.0	241
	35-49	64.9	4.2	30.2	0.6	234
	50-64	70	14.1	15.5	0.4	264
	65+	70.6	16.6	12.5	0.2	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	11.6	1.7	84.4	2.3	288
	35-49	23.1	1.7	73.3	1.9	305
	50-64	54	9.4	34.1	2.4	239
	65+	60.1	13.9	25.5	0.5	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	12.5	1.5	85.4	0.6	388
	35-49	31.3	2.6	65.6	0.5	600
	50-64	54.6	9.2	35.6	0.6	347
	65+	76.4	12.4	11.2	0.0	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	18	0.4	81.1	0.6	228
	35-49	35.7	10	53.6	0.6	238
	50-64	52	36.6	11.4	0.0	228
	65+	44.4	39.3	16.2	0.0	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	6.8	1.9	91.3	0.0	176
	35-49	15.9	6.5	77.6	0.0	339
	50-64	48.6	16.4	35	0.0	266
	65+	66.8	17.5	15.6	0.0	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	13.5	0.9	82.8	2.8	326
	35-49	44.1	12.6	42.4	0.9	297
	50-64	60.5	23.8	15	0.8	187
	65+	54.3	24.5	20.7	0.6	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	3.4	1.9	94.7	0.0	290
	35-49	18.3	6.9	73.4	1.5	297
	50-64	49.2	15.8	35	0.0	246
	65+	70.4	17.9	11.7	0.0	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	1.5	0.0	98.2	0.4	258
	35-49	3.5	0.9	95.4	0.3	243
	50-64	50.2	4.8	44.8	0.2	300
	65+	71.9	5.9	22.2	0.0	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	9.4	0.0	85.5	5.2	138
	35-49	27.9	2.5	66.9	2.7	345
	50-64	56.1	18.7	22	3.3	321
	65+	66.9	22.5	9.7	0.9	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	16.7	3.2	77.9	2.3	202
	35-49	51.2	8.2	36.7	3.9	295
	50-64	63.1	23.4	13.3	0.2	276
	65+	72.2	18.8	8.8	0.2	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	19.9	0.5	79.5	0.0	392
	35-49	38.7	9.2	51.6	0.6	383
	50-64	53.2	19.8	26.2	0.8	421
	65+	64.4	20.7	13.1	1.9	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	10.6	1.8	86	1.6	280
	35-49	32.3	4.8	62.6	0.3	270
	50-64	60.2	6.4	33.1	0.4	247
	65+	69.9	10.9	19.3	0.0	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	4.2	0.0	95.4	0.4	254
	35-49	10.1	3.9	84.9	1.1	276
	50-64	22.8	14.8	61.9	0.5	273
	65+	24.9	24.2	50.6	0.3	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	2.3	0.6	97.1	0.0	152
	35-49	16.5	7.9	73.1	2.6	288
	50-64	49.5	31.6	18.8	0.0	334
	65+	62.1	28.6	9.3	0.0	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	6.5	0.9	91.1	1.5	277
	35-49	39.4	4.8	55.8	0.0	203
	50-64	68.4	7.2	22.9	1.5	275
	65+	71.3	14.3	14.4	0.0	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	15.1	1.3	81.6	2	258
	35-49	36.9	8.4	54.5	0.1	294
	50-64	55.7	24.3	20	0.0	361
	65+	65.7	27.7	6.6	0.0	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	4	1	91.3	3.7	919
	35-49	16.5	11.1	65.1	7.3	588
	50-64	45.2	22	26.5	6.4	317
	65+	45.6	41.4	9.1	3.9	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	13.8	2.2	80.9	3.1	330
	35-49	34.7	9.9	52.8	2.7	376
	50-64	52.5	20.9	25.6	0.9	358
	65+	60.9	24.1	14.6	0.4	443
CC3	18-34	4.3	1	91.1	3.6	1454
	35-49	17.6	10.4	65.4	6.6	1114
	50-64	46.4	20.9	27.3	5.5	829
	65+	48.3	37.4	10.8	3.5	611
EU 15	18-34	11.4	2.9	83.9	1.8	3996
	35-49	32.8	6.7	59.2	1.3	5225
	50-64	54.4	20.6	24.4	0.6	4452
	65+	64.2	22.5	13.2	0.2	4001
NMS12	18-34	16.3	0.7	82.3	0.7	3207
	35-49	36.3	8	54.9	0.8	3161
	50-64	50.1	20.2	29	0.7	3588
	65+	55.1	23.7	20.4	0.8	2996
EU 27	18-34	12.6	2.4	83.5	1.5	7203
	35-49	33.5	7	58.3	1.2	8386
	50-64	53.4	20.5	25.4	0.7	8040
	65+	62.5	22.7	14.5	0.3	6997

Income

Q32_1 On average, how often do you have face-to-face contact with your children? (living outside your household)
		More than once a day to once a week	Once or twice a month to several times a year or less often	Do not have such relatives	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	38	14	48	0.0	144
	Low	45	12.6	40.4	2	142
	High	41.2	14.5	44.4	0.0	139
	Highest	37.9	9.5	52	0.7	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	35.6	10.5	47.3	6.7	185
	Low	50.5	10.9	35.9	2.8	183
	High	39.6	8.9	46.9	4.6	183
	Highest	28.9	8	60.5	2.6	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	49.7	24.5	22.9	2.9	185
	Low	54.6	21	24.4	0.0	186
	High	32.3	22.3	45.4	0.0	189
	Highest	27.4	12.7	59.9	0.0	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	53.5	7.9	38.6	0.0	185
	Low	44.4	5.4	50.2	0.0	190
	High	36.4	8.3	55.3	0.0	214
	Highest	29.2	6.4	64.5	0.0	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	44.7	21.9	32.7	0.7	200
	Low	50.7	13.5	35.1	0.6	194
	High	48.3	12.8	37.6	1.3	191
	Highest	46.6	9.6	41.9	1.9	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	36.1	13	50.1	0.8	358
	Low	37.4	17.9	44.3	0.4	344
	High	49.4	13.5	36.7	0.4	375
	Highest	35.7	19	44.8	0.5	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	38	14.6	44.8	2.6	210
	Low	38.2	16	44.4	1.4	195
	High	31.8	18.5	48.5	1.2	206
	Highest	32.6	16	50	1.4	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	47.1	20.1	26.5	6.4	212
	Low	44.3	24.2	30.1	1.4	209
	High	45.9	19.5	33.2	1.4	210
	Highest	40.2	9.3	46.9	3.5	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	39.6	9.4	51	0.0	185
	Low	28.1	10.9	61	0.0	176
	High	32.5	7.4	60	0.0	184
	Highest	17.7	7.2	75.1	0.0	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	52.3	5.8	40.4	1.5	126
	Low	51.7	9.3	38.6	0.4	125
	High	33.1	9.8	57.1	0.0	128
	Highest	33.8	3.4	61.7	1.1	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	46	18.6	33.8	1.5	201
	Low	42.9	18.7	36.6	1.7	200
	High	45.5	20.4	29.4	4.6	185
	Highest	39.7	22.8	36.8	0.7	216
FR (France)	Lowest	36	16.2	46.5	1.3	293
	Low	37.2	11.6	48.5	2.6	293
	High	31.6	17.2	50	1.2	294
	Highest	30.5	28	40.9	0.6	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	42.8	8.5	45.9	2.8	214
	Low	42.5	10.4	44.7	2.5	212
	High	34.4	9.6	54.8	1.1	214
	Highest	25.9	5.3	67.4	1.4	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	48.8	12.6	38	0.6	172
	Low	61.1	10.9	27.8	0.2	201
	High	60.9	7.4	31.7	0.0	186
	Highest	51.3	6.9	41.8	0.0	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	40.1	7	50.6	2.2	118
	Low	42.2	3.6	51.1	3.1	119
	High	40	1.9	54.7	3.4	121
	Highest	26.3	6.1	66.1	1.6	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	49.8	9.2	41	0.0	125
	Low	44.1	14	41.8	0.0	123
	High	42	5.1	52.9	0.0	130
	Highest	41.4	8.1	50.5	0.0	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	28.4	23.1	47.3	1.2	218
	Low	46.3	20.6	33.1	0.0	217
	High	41.2	15.5	43.3	0.0	219
	Highest	30.2	11.4	58	0.4	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	25.5	11.3	63.2	0.0	142
	Low	28.7	11.7	59.7	0.0	141
	High	32.9	6.9	60.2	0.0	140
	Highest	27.1	21.8	51.1	0.0	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	41.2	24.8	33	1	179
	Low	43.8	19.7	36.3	0.3	182
	High	44.8	9.6	44.1	1.6	176
	Highest	38.3	6.1	52.8	2.8	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	25.3	11.1	63.3	0.3	219
	Low	29.7	13	57.3	0.0	221
	High	30.6	8.6	59.6	1.2	221
	Highest	28.4	4	67.6	0.0	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	34.6	2.7	62.3	0.4	153
	Low	29.3	1	69.7	0.0	152
	High	24.6	3.5	71.9	0.0	153
	Highest	16.7	2.3	81	0.0	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	48.5	5.6	44.1	1.8	201
	Low	44.6	6.7	46	2.7	201
	High	32.3	10.6	55.1	2	204
	Highest	28.1	14.4	55.3	2.2	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	48.3	9.4	41.7	0.6	214
	Low	49.1	11.6	37.1	2.2	220
	High	48.1	15.7	33.6	2.7	225
	Highest	52.2	14.1	31.4	2.3	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	40.2	13.2	46.4	0.2	263
	Low	49.1	14.6	36.3	0.0	276
	High	47	10.1	42	1	259
	Highest	32.1	9.7	57.6	0.6	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	63.6	6.5	29.8	0.0	106
	Low	48	9.3	42.6	0.0	104
	High	43.1	2.4	54.5	0.0	104
	Highest	33.2	6.1	60.7	0.0	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	13.2	9.9	75.5	1.4	194
	Low	16.1	15.1	68.8	0.0	194
	High	14.8	10.9	73.1	1.1	190
	Highest	12.6	5.4	82	0.0	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	33	16.4	49.4	1.1	236
	Low	23.7	15.6	59.6	1	235
	High	32.7	14.8	52.6	0.0	244
	Highest	37.4	18.6	43.1	0.9	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	44.9	6.4	46.9	1.8	187
	Low	48.9	8	43.1	0.0	169
	High	43.9	6.1	48.4	1.6	175
	Highest	41.5	3.9	54.2	0.3	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	32.8	15.1	50.4	1.7	192
	Low	43.4	15.3	41	0.3	193
	High	45.5	9.9	44.7	0.0	191
	Highest	35.5	9.6	53.6	1.4	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	10	11.4	73.7	4.9	403
	Low	18.2	11.7	64.9	5.2	400
	High	19	12.7	62.7	5.6	413
	Highest	21.7	8	65.7	4.6	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	40.8	14.7	43.7	0.8	205
	Low	38.6	17.5	43.8	0.0	203
	High	40.6	15.1	43	1.3	202
	Highest	30.2	11.2	55.8	2.8	209
CC3	Lowest	12.7	11.2	71.5	4.6	836
	Low	20.2	11.6	63.3	4.9	833
	High	20.6	12.3	62	5.1	848
	Highest	22.3	7.6	65.9	4.2	822
EU 15	Lowest	40.9	12.3	45.6	1.1	2835
	Low	39.9	14	45.1	1.1	2784
	High	39.5	12.8	46.8	0.9	2839
	Highest	32.9	16	50.1	1.1	2829
NMS12	Lowest	35.4	14.6	49	1	2340
	Low	43	15	41.9	0.1	2363
	High	39.5	11.5	48.2	0.8	2353
	Highest	30.8	8.5	60.1	0.6	2353
EU 27	Lowest	39.6	12.9	46.5	1.1	5175
	Low	40.6	14.2	44.4	0.8	5147
	High	39.5	12.5	47.2	0.9	5192
	Highest	32.4	14	52.6	0.9	5182

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