EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q36_2 How often are you involved in cooking and housework outside of paid work?

Gender

Q36_2 How often are you involved in cooking and housework outside of paid work?
		Every day	Several times a week to less often than once a week	Never	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	11.1	54.1	34.6	0.2	472
	Female	72.2	24.6	3.1	0.1	571
	Both	43.1	38.7	18.1	0.1	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	35.7	50.9	13.2	0.2	468
	Female	81.9	15	3.1	0.0	542
	Both	59.5	32.4	8	0.1	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	10.7	47.8	35.8	5.6	442
	Female	65.3	29	3.8	1.9	588
	Both	39.2	38	19.1	3.7	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	16.8	37.5	45.7	0.0	433
	Female	82.1	15.8	2.1	0.0	570
	Both	50.7	26.3	23.1	0.0	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	12.4	72.3	15.2	0.1	465
	Female	68.8	29.7	1.5	0.0	762
	Both	41.7	50.2	8.1	0	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	32.9	50.7	16.1	0.3	917
	Female	85.2	13.5	1.3	0.0	1091
	Both	59.9	31.5	8.5	0.1	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	45.2	50.5	4.3	0.0	449
	Female	80.2	18.6	1.2	0.0	555
	Both	63	34.2	2.7	0.0	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	37.5	55.4	6.1	1	405
	Female	74.2	21.6	2.7	1.5	618
	Both	57.7	36.7	4.2	1.3	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	8.7	40.9	50.2	0.2	436
	Female	76.5	20.2	3.3	0.0	564
	Both	43.4	30.3	26.2	0.1	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	24.5	46.5	28.6	0.4	499
	Female	79.6	14.9	4.4	1	516
	Both	52.7	30.4	16.2	0.7	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	51.1	43.8	5.1	0.0	464
	Female	86.3	12.9	0.6	0.2	538
	Both	69.3	27.9	2.8	0.1	1002
FR (France)	Male	32.7	54.7	12.5	0.2	634
	Female	81.6	16.4	1.8	0.2	903
	Both	58.1	34.7	7	0.2	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	15.6	45.1	39	0.2	388
	Female	78.5	18	2.5	0.9	612
	Both	48.8	30.8	19.8	0.6	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	20.3	60.1	19.6	0.0	387
	Female	66.6	31	2.1	0.3	613
	Both	45.1	44.5	10.2	0.2	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	36.1	36.6	27	0.3	401
	Female	75.8	15.9	7.6	0.8	599
	Both	56.1	26.2	17.2	0.5	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	11.4	41.2	46.3	1	537
	Female	76.7	18.2	4.7	0.5	979
	Both	45.5	29.2	24.6	0.7	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	24.2	66.1	9.7	0.0	378
	Female	82.3	15.8	1.7	0.1	626
	Both	56	38.6	5.3	0.1	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	34.3	44.2	21.3	0.2	427
	Female	80.3	16.3	3.4	0.0	577
	Both	57.9	29.9	12.2	0.1	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	39.5	47.8	11.7	1.1	383
	Female	78	17.9	3.9	0.2	619
	Both	60.7	31.4	7.4	0.6	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	9.1	38.5	50.1	2.3	482
	Female	71.6	19.4	8	1	526
	Both	40.5	28.9	29	1.6	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	14	37	49	0.0	501
	Female	78	14.8	7.2	0.0	499
	Both	46.6	25.7	27.7	0.0	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	34.7	54.9	10.4	0.0	481
	Female	76.5	20.3	2.8	0.4	530
	Both	55.8	37.4	6.5	0.2	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	44.2	53	2.8	0.0	467
	Female	86.8	12	1.2	0.0	533
	Both	65.8	32.2	2	0.0	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	20	57.1	21.1	1.7	608
	Female	79.2	17.7	2.7	0.4	892
	Both	51.1	36.5	11.4	1	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	11.6	42.5	45.4	0.6	477
	Female	79.4	12	8.6	0.0	523
	Both	47.2	26.5	26.1	0.3	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	29.4	43.3	25.4	1.9	473
	Female	65	28.6	5.7	0.7	527
	Both	47.9	35.7	15.2	1.2	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	49.3	48.4	2.4	0.0	495
	Female	79.7	19.5	0.8	0.0	522
	Both	64.7	33.7	1.6	0.0	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	22.6	57.7	18.8	0.9	428
	Female	80.3	17.3	2.4	0.0	607
	Both	52.3	36.9	10.3	0.5	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	11.6	72.4	14.5	1.5	439
	Female	55.8	37.6	6.5	0.2	689
	Both	34.7	54.2	10.3	0.8	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	10.6	42.6	42.8	4	878
	Female	76.9	15.7	5.3	2.1	1122
	Both	43.7	29.2	24.1	3	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	51.3	35.8	12.8	0.1	648
	Female	81.1	13.9	4.5	0.5	859
	Both	66.8	24.3	8.5	0.3	1507
CC3	Male	10.9	42.7	42.8	3.7	1748
	Female	76.9	16	5.2	1.9	2260
	Both	44	29.3	24	2.8	4008
EU 15	Male	30.6	46.6	22.4	0.3	7805
	Female	80.7	15.8	3.2	0.3	9869
	Both	56.5	30.7	12.5	0.3	17674
NMS12	Male	20.9	55.9	21.6	1.6	5342
	Female	71.8	24.3	3.4	0.5	7610
	Both	47.6	39.3	12.1	1	12952
EU 27	Male	28.6	48.6	22.2	0.6	13147
	Female	78.7	17.6	3.2	0.4	17479
	Both	54.6	32.5	12.4	0.5	30626

Age

Q36_2 How often are you involved in cooking and housework outside of paid work?
		Every day	Several times a week to less often than once a week	Never	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	30.7	49.1	20.2	0.0	309
	35-49	45.7	36.1	18	0.2	350
	50-64	43.6	36.2	20.2	0.0	230
	65+	57	30.2	12.4	0.4	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	44.4	44.9	10.3	0.4	210
	35-49	61.5	35.2	3.3	0.0	317
	50-64	67.3	27.2	5.5	0.0	262
	65+	67.7	18.5	13.8	0.0	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	26.8	39.3	28.1	5.8	235
	35-49	45.8	35.1	16.6	2.5	236
	50-64	43.5	39.6	14.1	2.8	305
	65+	43.6	37.8	15.4	3.2	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	30.8	39.6	29.6	0.0	205
	35-49	60.1	22	17.9	0.0	223
	50-64	57.7	21.3	21.1	0.0	322
	65+	65.4	13	21.6	0.0	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	26.2	64.3	9.5	0.0	298
	35-49	45.8	46.4	7.6	0.2	332
	50-64	43.9	46.8	9.3	0.0	399
	65+	61.7	34.1	4.2	0.0	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	48.8	41.4	9.8	0.0	431
	35-49	60.8	32.8	5.9	0.4	595
	50-64	61.9	29.8	8.2	0.0	453
	65+	68.3	21	10.6	0.1	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	51.7	45.5	2.8	0.0	183
	35-49	66.3	33.2	0.6	0.0	257
	50-64	66.7	30.1	3.2	0.0	289
	65+	68.9	26	5.1	0.0	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	44.3	51.6	3.9	0.2	235
	35-49	58.4	38.7	1.2	1.7	202
	50-64	63	32.5	4.1	0.4	253
	65+	71.2	16.6	8.7	3.4	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	29.2	45.4	25.4	0.0	289
	35-49	47.9	26.4	25.7	0.0	260
	50-64	52.1	20.4	27.5	0.0	187
	65+	51.1	21.9	26.6	0.4	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	39.5	41.7	17.3	1.5	286
	35-49	59.3	31.6	8.6	0.5	275
	50-64	61.2	27.3	11.4	0.0	194
	65+	54.5	14.8	30.1	0.5	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	59.6	37.7	2.7	0.0	183
	35-49	74.4	24	1.6	0.0	232
	50-64	66.3	30.9	2.4	0.3	324
	65+	78.9	16.3	4.8	0.0	263
FR (France)	18-34	49.4	46	4.6	0.0	353
	35-49	62	35.5	2.3	0.3	416
	50-64	58.3	33.8	7.6	0.3	401
	65+	64.5	20.1	15.4	0.0	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	31.8	49	19.3	0.0	245
	35-49	51.9	32.3	15.3	0.4	229
	50-64	57.2	20.3	21.8	0.7	266
	65+	59.5	14	24.8	1.7	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	33.1	51.2	15.7	0.0	241
	35-49	47.8	44.5	7	0.6	234
	50-64	51.7	40.3	7.9	0.0	264
	65+	52.7	38.7	8.6	0.0	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	43.5	39.1	16.8	0.6	288
	35-49	62.1	20.2	17.6	0.2	305
	50-64	67.3	19.1	13.5	0.2	239
	65+	60.7	14.8	22.9	1.6	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	23.2	39.1	36.1	1.6	388
	35-49	51.5	31.5	16.6	0.4	600
	50-64	48.6	26.7	24.4	0.3	347
	65+	63.5	16.4	19.6	0.5	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	42.1	52.5	5.4	0.0	228
	35-49	57.3	38.5	4.3	0.0	238
	50-64	64.5	29.2	6.3	0.0	228
	65+	67.7	26.1	5.8	0.4	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	45.6	41.5	12.9	0.0	176
	35-49	60.7	31.6	7.8	0.0	339
	50-64	59.7	26.6	13.2	0.5	266
	65+	69.3	13.4	17.3	0.0	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	42.8	46.4	10.3	0.4	326
	35-49	66.1	27.1	6.2	0.6	297
	50-64	69.9	27	2.7	0.4	187
	65+	70.8	18.9	9.5	0.9	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	28.3	34.1	35.7	2	290
	35-49	51.7	23.6	23.2	1.5	297
	50-64	49.5	30	19.7	0.8	246
	65+	34.4	25.2	38.1	2.3	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	28.4	28.6	43	0.0	258
	35-49	52.1	29.7	18.2	0.0	243
	50-64	59.4	20.4	20.1	0.0	300
	65+	52.4	22.1	25.4	0.0	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	47.1	42.4	9.9	0.5	138
	35-49	56.3	41.1	2.6	0.0	345
	50-64	58	38.1	4	0.0	321
	65+	65.7	22.1	11.7	0.5	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	61.1	35.7	3.2	0.0	202
	35-49	65.8	34.2	0.0	0.0	295
	50-64	64.9	34.5	0.6	0.0	276
	65+	74.1	20.9	5	0.0	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	38.8	47.9	12.4	0.9	392
	35-49	54.4	35.8	9.4	0.3	383
	50-64	60.1	30.6	7.6	1.7	421
	65+	58.2	22.5	17.8	1.6	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	37.5	33.2	28.8	0.5	280
	35-49	49.9	30	20.1	0.0	270
	50-64	50.6	23.2	26.2	0.0	247
	65+	55.2	14.9	29.4	0.5	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	32.7	41.2	23.9	2.2	254
	35-49	51.8	36.2	11.6	0.4	276
	50-64	60	30.9	8.8	0.3	273
	65+	55.2	30.8	12.2	1.8	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	58	40.7	1.3	0.0	152
	35-49	62.8	37.2	0.0	0.0	288
	50-64	63.2	35.1	1.7	0.0	334
	65+	77	19.3	3.7	0.0	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	29.6	60	9.7	0.7	277
	35-49	58.7	32.1	8.3	0.9	203
	50-64	59.5	28.6	12	0.0	275
	65+	69.9	17.7	12.4	0.0	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	22.7	63.4	12.2	1.7	258
	35-49	35.2	54.4	9.9	0.5	294
	50-64	43.9	48.7	7.4	0.0	361
	65+	49.5	39.5	10.6	0.4	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	41.7	32.2	23.5	2.6	919
	35-49	47.4	25	24.8	2.7	588
	50-64	42.4	28.3	25	4.3	317
	65+	44.8	27.9	23.5	3.8	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	59.6	28.6	11.1	0.6	330
	35-49	68.6	26.3	5.2	0.0	376
	50-64	69.7	23.5	6.4	0.4	358
	65+	71.5	16.6	11.6	0.3	443
CC3	18-34	40.9	33	23.6	2.5	1454
	35-49	47.9	25.5	24.1	2.5	1114
	50-64	44.2	27.5	24.5	3.8	829
	65+	46.4	25.8	24.4	3.4	611
EU 15	18-34	44.2	39.9	15.3	0.6	3996
	35-49	59.8	32.1	7.9	0.3	5225
	50-64	59.6	28.9	11.3	0.2	4452
	65+	65.1	18.7	16	0.3	4001
NMS12	18-34	34	48.9	15.8	1.3	3207
	35-49	51.2	38.5	9.7	0.5	3161
	50-64	55.8	34.6	8.6	0.9	3588
	65+	56.8	28.9	13	1.3	2996
EU 27	18-34	41.7	42.1	15.4	0.8	7203
	35-49	58	33.4	8.3	0.3	8386
	50-64	58.8	30.1	10.7	0.3	8040
	65+	63.5	20.6	15.4	0.5	6997

Income

Q36_2 How often are you involved in cooking and housework outside of paid work?
		Every day	Several times a week to less often than once a week	Never	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	53.3	37.9	8.8	0.0	144
	Low	54.1	35.9	10	0.0	142
	High	43.1	41.6	15.3	0.0	139
	Highest	28.8	45.7	25.5	0.0	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	57.1	27.1	15.8	0.0	185
	Low	68.3	24.8	6.9	0.0	183
	High	61.4	34.1	4.6	0.0	183
	Highest	53.4	40.5	6	0.0	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	50.9	28.2	20.1	0.8	185
	Low	48.2	34.1	15.2	2.5	186
	High	38.6	38.6	19.5	3.2	189
	Highest	30.3	45.1	23.8	0.8	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	65.4	16.8	17.8	0.0	185
	Low	51.4	21.6	27	0.0	190
	High	48.7	27.7	23.7	0.0	214
	Highest	41.8	30.9	27.3	0.0	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	49.2	48.7	2.2	0.0	200
	Low	44.7	51	4.3	0.0	194
	High	42.3	47.6	10	0.0	191
	Highest	31.2	57.3	11.6	0.0	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	65.5	27.9	6.2	0.4	358
	Low	66.4	25.6	8	0.0	344
	High	60.3	33.6	6	0.1	375
	Highest	51.3	39.1	9.6	0.0	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	62.4	32.2	5.4	0.0	210
	Low	74.7	23.2	2.1	0.0	195
	High	65.8	34	0.2	0.0	206
	Highest	54.3	44.1	1.6	0.0	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	67.2	29.3	1.8	1.8	212
	Low	67	25.4	5.1	2.5	209
	High	57.4	36.6	5.7	0.4	210
	Highest	51.2	44.1	4.1	0.6	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	49.3	22.7	28	0.0	185
	Low	38.2	33.3	28.5	0.0	176
	High	41.2	35.8	23	0.0	184
	Highest	42.5	38	19	0.5	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	60.1	30.1	9.8	0.0	126
	Low	66.5	21.3	12.1	0.0	125
	High	51.8	35.8	11.3	1.1	128
	Highest	55.9	37.9	6.2	0.0	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	75.1	23.4	1.5	0.0	201
	Low	74.1	23	2.9	0.0	200
	High	70.3	28.5	1.2	0.0	185
	Highest	60.9	38.2	0.9	0.0	216
FR (France)	Lowest	59.3	30.1	10.6	0.0	293
	Low	67.4	26.2	6	0.4	293
	High	58	36.3	5.7	0.0	294
	Highest	52.8	43.6	3.6	0.0	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	53.6	24.5	21.5	0.4	214
	Low	49.6	33.5	15.8	1	212
	High	47.1	34.1	17.9	0.9	214
	Highest	48.8	29.4	21.3	0.5	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	50.8	38.2	10.9	0.0	172
	Low	55.5	36.9	7.6	0.0	201
	High	45.9	46.1	8	0.0	186
	Highest	33.5	54.9	11.6	0.0	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	61.9	25.4	12.7	0.0	118
	Low	60.1	19.2	19.8	1	119
	High	57	26.6	15.3	1.1	121
	Highest	55.9	30.3	13.8	0.0	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	53.5	29.7	16.4	0.4	125
	Low	53	25.8	19.1	2.1	123
	High	50.5	31.8	17.7	0.0	130
	Highest	49.1	31.3	19.6	0.0	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	62.6	32	5.4	0.0	218
	Low	66.4	31.7	1.9	0.0	217
	High	50.9	43.8	5.3	0.0	219
	Highest	48.1	46	5.9	0.0	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	63.9	24.3	11.1	0.7	142
	Low	69.4	25	5.6	0.0	141
	High	62.6	24.9	12.5	0.0	140
	Highest	47.2	45.7	7.1	0.0	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	78.1	14.7	7.2	0.0	179
	Low	68	25.5	5.3	1.1	182
	High	57.8	35.7	6.1	0.4	176
	Highest	53.9	36.9	8.6	0.6	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	38.2	22.6	37	2.1	219
	Low	47	27.1	25.5	0.3	221
	High	41.2	29.4	25.6	3.8	221
	Highest	38.8	35.7	24.4	1	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	54.9	16.2	28.9	0.0	153
	Low	57.2	17.1	25.7	0.0	152
	High	44.7	28.3	27	0.0	153
	Highest	40.9	34.4	24.7	0.0	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	68.4	27.4	4.3	0.0	201
	Low	58.2	38.3	3.5	0.0	201
	High	58.9	35.2	5.9	0.0	204
	Highest	46.1	49.1	4.2	0.7	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	68.9	29.5	1.6	0.0	214
	Low	64.9	33.1	2	0.0	220
	High	68.5	31.1	0.4	0.0	225
	Highest	59.4	39.6	0.9	0.0	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	53.5	34.6	11.9	0.0	263
	Low	61.5	26.5	11	1.1	276
	High	56.5	30.6	11.9	1.1	259
	Highest	51.2	41.7	5.8	1.3	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	56.5	19.8	22.6	1	106
	Low	54.3	19.3	26.4	0.0	104
	High	55	29.4	15.6	0.0	104
	Highest	53.4	29.6	17	0.0	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	56	26.7	17.3	0.0	194
	Low	58.7	30.7	9.6	1	194
	High	52.9	32.7	14	0.4	190
	Highest	39.7	37.2	20.5	2.6	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	69.7	28.5	1.8	0.0	236
	Low	71.8	25.4	2.9	0.0	235
	High	63.6	35.2	1.1	0.0	244
	Highest	59.2	40.1	0.6	0.0	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	57.5	27.7	14.8	0.0	187
	Low	64.9	26.8	8.3	0.0	169
	High	48.8	43.7	7.5	0.0	175
	Highest	48.2	47.3	4.5	0.0	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	36.2	51.3	12.5	0.0	192
	Low	47.5	41.5	9.2	1.8	193
	High	38.1	52.5	9	0.4	191
	Highest	24.6	65	9	1.4	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	48.9	27.1	21.3	2.7	403
	Low	46.5	23.2	26.1	4.2	400
	High	39.4	31.8	25.6	3.2	413
	Highest	34.2	39.8	23.2	2.8	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	71.8	18.5	9.7	0.0	205
	Low	71.2	21.5	6.7	0.6	203
	High	67.7	24.1	8.2	0.0	202
	Highest	68.3	26.3	5.4	0.0	209
CC3	Lowest	48.8	26.8	21.9	2.5	836
	Low	46.7	24	25.4	3.9	833
	High	40.1	31.9	25	3	848
	Highest	35.7	38.7	23.1	2.5	822
EU 15	Lowest	62.6	27.4	9.9	0.1	2835
	Low	64.8	25.6	9.2	0.3	2784
	High	58.5	33.1	8.2	0.1	2839
	Highest	54.1	37.9	7.9	0.1	2829
NMS12	Lowest	53.6	33.8	12.5	0.1	2340
	Low	57.5	32	9.6	0.9	2363
	High	50.5	37	11.8	0.7	2353
	Highest	42	44.8	12	1.2	2353
EU 27	Lowest	60.4	28.9	10.5	0.1	5175
	Low	63.1	27.1	9.3	0.5	5147
	High	56.6	34	9.1	0.3	5192
	Highest	51	39.7	8.9	0.4	5182

Page last updated 24 March 2009

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