- More than one fourth of persons between 18 and 64 years took care of
children under 15 years of age (26.4 per cent), 3.5 per cent took care of ill,
elderly or disabled relatives and 2.1 per cent reported multi-generational care
responsibilities. The remaining 68.0 per cent did not have any care
responsibilities.
- Females had slightly more childcare
responsibilities (41,701) than males (40,452).
- On average, persons with childcare
responsibilities were 39 years old while those with ill, elderly or disabled care
responsibilities were 48 years old.
- The majority of persons with care responsibilities
were employed (78.2 per cent), 20.4 per cent were inactive and a further 1.4
per cent were unemployed.
- Females with care responsibilities worked on
average 34.3 hours per week while males worked 42.2 hours per week, that is 8
hours more.
- Almost one in five females reduced their
working time whereas 12.7 per cent of males resorted to ways in which they
could increase their income.
- One in every 3 employees with care
responsibilities reported flexible working arrangements (32.8 per cent).
- A larger share of females (56.2 per cent)
had the possibility to vary the start and end of their working day when
compared to their male counterpart (40.6 per cent).
- More females reported flexibility in
organising their working time to take whole days off (41.1 per cent females as
opposed to 31.2 per cent males).
- Teleworking arrangements were used by more females
(17.4 per cent) rather than males (11.4 per cent).
- Long working hours (21.8 per cent) was the most common obstacle for
reconciliating work and family life.
- One in every 4 persons with childcare
responsibilities used childcare services.
- The majority of persons with childcare
responsibilities arranged care alone or with their partner (60.2 per cent)
while for 12.7 per cent children could take care of themselves.
- Nearly 12 per cent of persons with childcare
responsibilities had informal support in their children’s care namely grandparents’
help (11.6 per cent).
- The majority of persons aged between 18 and
64 stated that despite being employed and having children they did not take a career
break (66.1 per cent).
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