EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q36_1 How often are you involved in caring for and educating children outside of paid work?

Gender

Q36_1 How often are you involved in caring for and educating children 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	12.6	31.2	55.3	0.9	472
	Female	29	24.6	43.4	2.9	571
	Both	21.2	27.8	49.1	2	1043
BE (Belgium)	Male	30.6	16.1	46.6	6.8	468
	Female	41.5	10.2	45.2	3.2	542
	Both	36.2	13	45.9	4.9	1010
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	14.9	20.3	58.9	5.9	442
	Female	31.9	11.3	52.4	4.5	588
	Both	23.8	15.6	55.5	5.2	1030
CY (Cyprus)	Male	23.3	11.2	64.4	1.1	433
	Female	42.4	7.8	49.8	0.0	570
	Both	33.2	9.4	56.8	0.5	1003
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	21.2	24.4	51	3.3	465
	Female	34.7	20.4	42.4	2.5	762
	Both	28.2	22.3	46.6	2.9	1227
DE (Germany)	Male	24.4	16.9	57.4	1.3	917
	Female	32.8	13.2	52.8	1.2	1091
	Both	28.7	15	55	1.2	2008
DK (Denmark)	Male	17.8	28.6	53.4	0.1	449
	Female	25.1	28.2	46.1	0.6	555
	Both	21.6	28.4	49.7	0.4	1004
EE (Estonia)	Male	32.3	16.4	47.2	4.2	405
	Female	35.8	16.9	42.5	4.9	618
	Both	34.2	16.6	44.6	4.6	1023
GR (Greece)	Male	10.4	20.1	69	0.5	436
	Female	32.6	8	58.6	0.9	564
	Both	21.7	13.9	63.7	0.7	1000
ES (Spain)	Male	24.2	19.3	50.6	5.9	499
	Female	37.3	8.3	47	7.4	516
	Both	30.9	13.7	48.8	6.7	1015
FI (Finland)	Male	31.2	27.2	40.6	1	464
	Female	35.2	24.1	39.7	0.9	538
	Both	33.3	25.6	40.2	0.9	1002
FR (France)	Male	22.4	25.2	50.6	1.8	634
	Female	30.7	26.1	41.5	1.7	903
	Both	26.7	25.7	45.8	1.7	1537
HR (Croatia)	Male	23.2	17.6	57.7	1.5	388
	Female	43.2	10.3	44.7	1.8	612
	Both	33.8	13.7	50.9	1.6	1000
HU (Hungary)	Male	30.6	15.3	49.6	4.5	387
	Female	38.2	15.5	42.6	3.6	613
	Both	34.7	15.4	45.9	4	1000
IE (Ireland)	Male	22.8	10.6	64.9	1.7	401
	Female	40.9	6.6	50.5	2	599
	Both	31.9	8.6	57.7	1.8	1000
IT (Italy)	Male	26.7	13.9	50.4	9	537
	Female	37.4	8	46.2	8.3	979
	Both	32.3	10.8	48.2	8.6	1516
LT (Lithuania)	Male	31.6	20.9	45.8	1.7	378
	Female	46.4	9.2	41.1	3.3	626
	Both	39.7	14.5	43.2	2.6	1004
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	27.6	13	59.2	0.2	427
	Female	38.2	7.7	52.5	1.6	577
	Both	33	10.3	55.8	0.9	1004
LV (Latvia)	Male	27.2	15.1	54.9	2.8	383
	Female	36.8	9.2	51.2	2.8	619
	Both	32.5	11.9	52.8	2.8	1002
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	20.2	21.7	55.9	2.2	482
	Female	42	10.8	44.1	3.1	526
	Both	31.2	16.2	50	2.7	1008
MT (Malta)	Male	19.2	19.8	60.3	0.7	501
	Female	37	9.6	52.7	0.6	499
	Both	28.3	14.6	56.5	0.7	1000
NL (Netherlands)	Male	30.8	12.2	53.9	3.1	481
	Female	37.1	6.4	52.4	4.2	530
	Both	34	9.2	53.1	3.6	1011
NO (Norway)	Male	26.2	38.3	35.5	0.0	467
	Female	35.7	31.3	33	0.0	533
	Both	31	34.8	34.2	0.0	1000
PL (Poland)	Male	30.7	11.1	54.1	4.1	608
	Female	41.4	7.6	47.6	3.5	892
	Both	36.3	9.3	50.7	3.8	1500
PT (Portugal)	Male	18.3	11.9	68.8	1	477
	Female	29.1	9.7	59.2	2	523
	Both	24	10.7	63.8	1.5	1000
RO (Romania)	Male	23.6	19.5	51	5.8	473
	Female	35.6	13.9	46.2	4.2	527
	Both	29.9	16.6	48.5	5	1000
SE (Sweden)	Male	31.3	20.4	47.6	0.7	495
	Female	35.7	23.2	40.5	0.6	522
	Both	33.5	21.8	44	0.7	1017
SI (Slovenia)	Male	32	18.8	47.7	1.5	428
	Female	42.8	14.2	42.6	0.4	607
	Both	37.6	16.4	45.1	0.9	1035
SK (Slovakia)	Male	9.1	25	62.1	3.8	439
	Female	20.7	19.3	56.4	3.6	689
	Both	15.2	22	59.1	3.7	1128
TR (Turkey)	Male	7.9	14.7	66.3	11	878
	Female	42.3	8.5	42.3	6.9	1122
	Both	25.1	11.6	54.4	9	2000
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	16.8	19.6	63.2	0.3	648
	Female	27.5	20.1	51.9	0.5	859
	Both	22.4	19.9	57.3	0.4	1507
CC3	Male	9.4	15.1	65.4	10.1	1748
	Female	42.3	8.7	42.6	6.4	2260
	Both	25.9	11.9	54	8.2	4008
EU 15	Male	23.1	18.8	55	3.1	7805
	Female	33.2	15	48.5	3.2	9869
	Both	28.4	16.8	51.7	3.2	17674
NMS12	Male	25.8	16.7	53.1	4.4	5342
	Female	37.4	12.2	46.9	3.5	7610
	Both	31.9	14.3	49.8	3.9	12952
EU 27	Male	23.7	18.3	54.6	3.4	13147
	Female	34.1	14.4	48.2	3.3	17479
	Both	29.1	16.3	51.3	3.3	30626

Age

Q36_1 How often are you involved in caring for and educating children 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	23.3	19	56.2	1.4	309
	35-49	41	31.4	26.2	1.4	350
	50-64	6.9	30.8	57.7	4.6	230
	65+	3	31.1	65.4	0.5	154
BE (Belgium)	18-34	30.9	8.6	50.3	10.2	210
	35-49	69.4	12.7	15.8	2.1	317
	50-64	29.8	19.1	48.7	2.4	262
	65+	6.2	12.5	76.6	4.7	221
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	34.6	10.4	52.5	2.5	235
	35-49	39	28	27.4	5.6	236
	50-64	11.8	14	64.4	9.7	305
	65+	4.2	9.9	82.9	3	254
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	33.4	9.5	56.6	0.5	205
	35-49	52.9	10.7	35.6	0.8	223
	50-64	22.5	9	67.9	0.6	322
	65+	13	7.5	79.5	0.0	253
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	33.7	9	56.4	0.9	298
	35-49	50.9	28.5	18	2.6	332
	50-64	15	32.2	47.6	5.1	399
	65+	2.3	24.4	69.3	3.9	198
DE (Germany)	18-34	32.9	10.9	55.3	0.9	431
	35-49	54.6	12.8	31.6	0.9	595
	50-64	16	19.6	63.2	1.2	453
	65+	3.6	17.6	76.7	2.1	529
DK (Denmark)	18-34	24.9	27	48	0.1	183
	35-49	46.2	25.3	28.3	0.2	257
	50-64	7	42.2	50.1	0.6	289
	65+	0.9	16.7	81.8	0.6	275
EE (Estonia)	18-34	41.4	10.7	44	3.9	235
	35-49	57.1	18	22.3	2.5	202
	50-64	24.5	25.3	46.9	3.2	253
	65+	5.5	14.6	70.4	9.5	333
GR (Greece)	18-34	18.7	7.9	72.6	0.7	289
	35-49	43.3	24.5	31.8	0.3	260
	50-64	16.8	17.2	65.5	0.6	187
	65+	4.5	6.6	87.7	1.2	264
ES (Spain)	18-34	23.1	8.7	58.7	9.5	286
	35-49	56.5	18.4	21.3	3.7	275
	50-64	28.8	19.2	46.4	5.5	194
	65+	8.9	9.1	74.3	7.7	260
FI (Finland)	18-34	41.3	20	37.6	1	183
	35-49	65.3	16	17.5	1.2	232
	50-64	16.5	40	43.3	0.2	324
	65+	4.7	26.3	67.6	1.4	263
FR (France)	18-34	34	16.2	48.9	0.8	353
	35-49	48.8	22.9	27.6	0.8	416
	50-64	13.5	36.1	48.4	2.1	401
	65+	3.8	30	62.5	3.8	367
HR (Croatia)	18-34	32.4	6.9	58.8	1.9	245
	35-49	52.2	20	27.4	0.5	229
	50-64	31.1	15.9	51.3	1.6	266
	65+	12.7	12.4	72	2.8	260
HU (Hungary)	18-34	35.9	9.1	51.9	3.1	241
	35-49	62	17.7	17.4	2.9	234
	50-64	25.4	22.1	50.7	1.9	264
	65+	5.4	14.7	70.2	9.7	261
IE (Ireland)	18-34	29.1	7.3	61.3	2.3	288
	35-49	54.4	12	32.8	0.8	305
	50-64	26.6	6.6	66	0.8	239
	65+	3.5	8.2	84.4	3.9	168
IT (Italy)	18-34	16.2	2.2	64.3	17.3	388
	35-49	65.9	11.1	19.6	3.4	600
	50-64	37.7	23.4	32.9	6	347
	65+	8.2	8.8	76.5	6.5	181
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	47.6	6.5	45.5	0.5	228
	35-49	66.2	19.4	13.9	0.5	238
	50-64	22.6	19.5	53.3	4.6	228
	65+	5	14.9	73.2	6.9	310
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	29.3	6.7	62.8	1.3	176
	35-49	60.9	15.3	23.8	0.0	339
	50-64	21.7	8.6	68.7	1	266
	65+	4.5	9.2	84.6	1.8	223
LV (Latvia)	18-34	39.4	9	49.1	2.5	326
	35-49	52.2	14.7	31.5	1.6	297
	50-64	20	12	63.7	4.3	187
	65+	10.4	12.4	73.9	3.3	192
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	27.6	8.7	60.3	3.4	290
	35-49	48.1	22.6	28.2	1.1	297
	50-64	29.7	21	46.5	2.8	246
	65+	9.2	14.2	72.8	3.8	175
MT (Malta)	18-34	27.4	12.9	59.7	0.0	258
	35-49	47.7	21.2	30.6	0.5	243
	50-64	24.7	13.4	59.8	2.1	300
	65+	5.7	9.5	84.8	0.0	199
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	23.6	5.2	64.1	7.1	138
	35-49	68.3	6.6	23.6	1.5	345
	50-64	25.3	17.6	55.5	1.6	321
	65+	1.9	8.3	84.9	4.9	207
NO (Norway)	18-34	27.2	27.4	45.4	0.0	202
	35-49	60	27.6	12.4	0.0	295
	50-64	22	47.6	30.4	0.0	276
	65+	4.8	40.2	55	0.0	227
PL (Poland)	18-34	35.6	6.4	55.9	2.1	392
	35-49	65.2	12.2	19.9	2.7	383
	50-64	25.6	12.4	56	6	421
	65+	9	6.1	79.1	5.9	304
PT (Portugal)	18-34	27.2	9.1	62.3	1.5	280
	35-49	35.8	13.2	50.2	0.8	270
	50-64	16.3	11.9	69	2.8	247
	65+	11.8	9	78.2	1.1	203
RO (Romania)	18-34	31.3	7.4	56.6	4.7	254
	35-49	48.6	29.3	19	3.1	276
	50-64	26.2	20.5	48.4	5	273
	65+	5.3	10.6	75.9	8.2	197
SE (Sweden)	18-34	36.7	11.9	50.8	0.6	152
	35-49	72.8	13.6	13.1	0.6	288
	50-64	18.6	29.9	50.8	0.7	334
	65+	0.2	34.4	64.4	1	243
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	25.5	9.9	64.1	0.5	277
	35-49	71.3	16.9	11.4	0.4	203
	50-64	31.3	26.4	41.4	0.9	275
	65+	14.7	13.8	69.1	2.4	280
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	20.9	15.5	59.4	4.2	258
	35-49	23.2	36	38.6	2.2	294
	50-64	3.9	17.3	73.8	4.9	361
	65+	1.2	16.5	78.8	3.4	215
TR (Turkey)	18-34	25.6	7.5	57.5	9.4	919
	35-49	34.7	21.2	38.1	6	588
	50-64	15.9	11.3	62.5	10.4	317
	65+	7.3	3.8	75.2	13.7	176
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	24.6	17.8	56.7	0.9	330
	35-49	44.1	17.7	38.2	0.0	376
	50-64	10.9	28	60.9	0.2	358
	65+	2.9	16.8	79.7	0.5	443
CC3	18-34	26	7.5	57.7	8.9	1454
	35-49	36.4	21.2	37	5.4	1114
	50-64	18.1	12.2	60.6	9.1	829
	65+	8.2	5.5	74.6	11.6	611
EU 15	18-34	26.7	11.2	57.1	5.1	3996
	35-49	54.5	16.1	27.9	1.5	5225
	50-64	20.2	24.7	52.5	2.5	4452
	65+	5	16.7	74.8	3.5	4001
NMS12	18-34	33.9	8.1	55.3	2.7	3207
	35-49	55.2	21	21	2.8	3161
	50-64	22.4	18	54.3	5.3	3588
	65+	6.4	11.3	76.2	6.1	2996
EU 27	18-34	28.4	10.4	56.6	4.5	7203
	35-49	54.6	17.1	26.5	1.8	8386
	50-64	20.7	23.3	52.9	3.1	8040
	65+	5.3	15.7	75	4	6997

Income

Q36_1 How often are you involved in caring for and educating children 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	19.6	30.1	49.5	0.8	144
	Low	28.5	25.8	43.7	2	142
	High	20.8	31.2	46.8	1.2	139
	Highest	13.9	30	52.5	3.6	147
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	34.5	14.6	49.1	1.7	185
	Low	42.6	10.2	44.1	3.1	183
	High	40.8	10	42.8	6.3	183
	Highest	35	13.7	47.8	3.5	184
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	21.9	10.6	60.9	6.7	185
	Low	14.6	14.3	66.8	4.4	186
	High	24.6	15.6	55.1	4.7	189
	Highest	28.7	17.9	52.4	1.1	186
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	34.4	5.8	58.4	1.4	185
	Low	35.4	8	56.6	0.0	190
	High	36.8	12.3	50.8	0.0	214
	Highest	35.8	11.3	52.1	0.8	179
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	32	16.9	49.1	2.1	200
	Low	25.6	26.5	46.3	1.6	194
	High	29.9	26.2	42.3	1.6	191
	Highest	21.9	27.5	46.4	4.1	202
DE (Germany)	Lowest	34.9	14.8	49.3	1.1	358
	Low	31.4	15	52.1	1.5	344
	High	23.8	16.4	59.1	0.7	375
	Highest	26.3	17.4	55.2	1	360
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	15.3	22.3	61.8	0.6	210
	Low	26.1	19.1	54.5	0.2	195
	High	27.2	33.6	39.2	0.0	206
	Highest	21.1	37.2	41.4	0.3	200
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	33.4	11.6	49.6	5.4	212
	Low	28.4	18.3	48.3	5	209
	High	40.4	15.4	41.4	2.7	210
	Highest	41.3	20.2	35.2	3.3	210
GR (Greece)	Lowest	23.6	14.6	61	0.9	185
	Low	23.5	9.8	66.7	0.0	176
	High	19.6	11.8	66.6	2	184
	Highest	21.7	13.9	63.9	0.5	181
ES (Spain)	Lowest	31.2	16.5	46	6.3	126
	Low	40	11.3	42.4	6.4	125
	High	38	17	43.5	1.5	128
	Highest	36.9	14.2	44.2	4.7	127
FI (Finland)	Lowest	25.3	14.8	59.6	0.3	201
	Low	38.7	27.2	33.7	0.3	200
	High	42.5	29.2	27.3	1.1	185
	Highest	31.9	37.1	29.9	1.1	216
FR (France)	Lowest	29.3	18.5	50.9	1.3	293
	Low	32.8	29.6	36.2	1.3	293
	High	30.4	27.5	41.4	0.7	294
	Highest	23.5	32	40.7	3.7	293
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	36.4	14.3	47.6	1.7	214
	Low	28.2	16.2	54.5	1	212
	High	39.6	13.5	44.7	2.2	214
	Highest	35.8	9.8	52.2	2.2	213
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	42.4	9.5	42.8	5.3	172
	Low	32.6	14.2	50	3.2	201
	High	36.7	15	40.4	7.8	186
	Highest	27.9	21.4	49	1.7	183
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	31.3	7.5	57.5	3.7	118
	Low	36.3	9.5	52.1	2.1	119
	High	36.6	10.2	52.6	0.6	121
	Highest	32.1	5.6	61.2	1.2	117
IT (Italy)	Lowest	33.9	18.8	44.9	2.4	125
	Low	26.2	8.4	55	10.4	123
	High	30.9	16.4	48.2	4.5	130
	Highest	25.4	10.8	62.1	1.7	120
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	42.9	13	42.6	1.5	218
	Low	26.5	14.6	53.4	5.5	217
	High	48.1	14.2	36.8	1	219
	Highest	41.8	15.8	41.6	0.7	218
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	40.7	9.9	49.3	0.0	142
	Low	37.8	12.7	49.4	0.0	141
	High	31.6	11.6	56.8	0.0	140
	Highest	25.5	9.7	62.9	1.9	144
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	26.8	12.1	56.9	4.1	179
	Low	33.6	7.5	58.1	0.7	182
	High	31.1	16.7	49.3	2.8	176
	Highest	40	13.3	44.8	1.9	180
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	32.9	17.1	47.5	2.5	219
	Low	36.8	16.7	45.1	1.4	221
	High	27.8	20.1	47.1	5	221
	Highest	27.9	14.9	55.7	1.6	218
MT (Malta)	Lowest	34.5	12.1	52.9	0.4	153
	Low	32.9	15	51.2	1	152
	High	25.5	15.8	58.6	0.0	153
	Highest	20	14.3	65.2	0.5	154
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	44.1	6.8	47.9	1.3	201
	Low	47.3	7.8	41.3	3.6	201
	High	35.5	8.5	51.7	4.2	204
	Highest	20.7	14.1	63.8	1.4	199
NO (Norway)	Lowest	27.7	30.6	41.7	0.0	214
	Low	39.5	33.7	26.7	0.0	220
	High	32.8	38.4	28.8	0.0	225
	Highest	31	36.2	32.8	0.0	213
PL (Poland)	Lowest	43.2	9.8	42.7	4.3	263
	Low	36.3	6.3	55	2.4	276
	High	34.3	10.4	52	3.3	259
	Highest	38.6	7.3	52.6	1.5	267
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	24.2	2.2	73.4	0.3	106
	Low	22.3	9.9	67.3	0.5	104
	High	18.7	16.3	65	0.0	104
	Highest	28	8.4	63.6	0.0	105
RO (Romania)	Lowest	25.9	15	52.1	7	194
	Low	32.6	15.1	49.6	2.7	194
	High	34.7	20.1	41.6	3.6	190
	Highest	27.8	15.9	51	5.3	198
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	32.5	22.3	45.2	0.0	236
	Low	43.8	16.1	39.5	0.6	235
	High	35.9	22.8	40.4	0.9	244
	Highest	26.6	25.6	46.6	1.2	227
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	31.3	17.9	50.5	0.3	187
	Low	44.3	13.1	42.2	0.4	169
	High	43.5	19.9	36.6	0.0	175
	Highest	41.9	14.5	42.4	1.2	182
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	12.6	20.1	66.4	0.9	192
	Low	17.4	16.9	65.2	0.5	193
	High	20.4	23.4	54.6	1.6	191
	Highest	13.5	26.3	55.1	5	194
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	30.8	15	47.2	7	403
	Low	28.4	10.3	51.5	9.8	400
	High	22.8	8.8	57	11.5	413
	Highest	18	10.6	60.8	10.5	391
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	34.1	13.7	52.1	0.0	205
	Low	22.7	19	57.8	0.6	203
	High	26.3	24.1	49.6	0.0	202
	Highest	24.3	24.8	50.3	0.6	209
CC3	Lowest	31.2	15	47.2	6.5	836
	Low	28.7	10.9	51.5	8.9	833
	High	24.4	9.5	55.6	10.5	848
	Highest	19.9	10.7	59.9	9.5	822
EU 15	Lowest	32.2	15.9	50.2	1.6	2835
	Low	32.3	17.2	48	2.6	2784
	High	29.3	19.8	49.5	1.4	2839
	Highest	26	21.2	50.8	1.9	2829
NMS12	Lowest	34.5	12.4	48.4	4.7	2340
	Low	31.2	12.6	53.6	2.6	2363
	High	33.6	16.2	46.7	3.5	2353
	Highest	31.8	15	50.4	2.8	2353
EU 27	Lowest	32.8	15.1	49.8	2.4	5175
	Low	32	16.1	49.3	2.6	5147
	High	30.3	18.9	48.9	1.9	5192
	Highest	27.5	19.6	50.7	2.2	5182

Page last updated: 24 March, 2009

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