3.2.7. Reconciliation between work and family life – Ad hoc module to the labour force survey in 2010

3.2.7. Reconciliation between work and family life – Ad hoc module to the labour force survey in 2010 – Table data

PERSONS AGED 15 - 64 REGULARLY TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN¹⁾, BY SEX AND LABOUR STATUS

(Thousands)
Sex Labour status	Total	Of which: taking care of their own or spouse's children¹⁾
Total	1 263.1	1 080.4
Employed	858.4	788.4
Unemployed	100.3	84.2
Not in labour force	304.4	207.8
Male	578.0	512.2
Employed	449.5	420.6
Unemployed	52.1	44.1
Not in labour force	76.4	47.5
Female	685.1	568.2
Employed	408.9	367.8
Unemployed	48.2	40.1
Not in labour force	228.0	160.3
¹⁾ Up to 14 years of age.

PERSONS AGED 15 - 64 REGULARLY TAKING CARE OF ADULTS¹⁾, BY SEX AND LABOUR STATUS

(Thousands)
Sex Labour status	Total
Total	437.6
Employed	261.7
Unemployed	37.2
Not in labour force	138.8
Male	197.6
Employed	125.1
Unemployed	19.7
Not in labour force	52.7
Female	240.1
Employed	136.6
Unemployed	17.5
Not in labour force	86.0
¹⁾ Ill, disabled, very old or other persons aged 15 or over in need of care.

EMPLOYED PERSONS AGED 15 - 64¹⁾, USED CHILDCARE SERVICES, BY SEX AND DURATION OF USE
Sex	Total		Duration of use of childcare services
Sex	Number - thous.	Share of all employed having at least one own or spouse's child - %	Up to 20 hours per week - thous.	More than 20 hours per week - thous.
Total	201.7	25.6	38.3	163.3
Male	99.5	23.7	19.1	80.4
Female	102.1	27.8	19.2	82.9
¹⁾ Having at least one own or spouse's child up to 14 years of age living in the households.

PERSONS NOT IN EMPLOYMENT AGED 15 - 64¹⁾, WHO WOULD WORK IF SUITABLE CHILDCARE SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE, BY SEX AND REASON FOR NOT USING CHILDCARE SERVICES
Sex Reason for not using childcare services	Total - thous.	Share of persons not in employment, regularly taking care of children - %
Sex Reason for not using childcare services	Total - thous.
Total	102.1	25.2
By the main reason for not using care services:
Lack of services	20.5	5.1
Price of available services	42.7	10.5
Not sufficient quality of available services	10.3	2.6
Other reason, linked with the lack of suitable childcare services	28.6	7.1
Male	31.1	24.2
By the main reason for not using care services:
Lack of services	4.2	3.3
Price of available services	16.2	12.6
Not sufficient quality of available services	1.7	1.3
Other reason, linked with the lack of suitable childcare services	9.0	7.0
Female	71.0	25.7
By the main reason for not using care services:
Lack of services	16.3	5.9
Price of available services	26.5	9.6
Not sufficient quality of available services	8.6	3.1
Other reason, linked with the lack of suitable childcare services	19.6	7.1
¹⁾Regularly taking care of children up to 14 years of age.

PERSONS NOT IN EMPLOYMENT AGED 15 - 64¹⁾, WHO WOULD WORK IF THE SUITABLE CARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS WERE AVAILABLE, BY SEX AND REASON FOR NOT USING CARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS
Sex Reason for not using care services for adults	Total - thous.	Share of persons not in employment, regularly taking care of adults - %
Sex Reason for not using care services for adults	Total - thous.
Total	44.6	25.3
By the main reason for not using care services:
Lack of services	10.1	5.7
Price of available care services	18.6	10.6
Not sufficient quality of available care services	4.3	2.4
Other reason, linked with the lack of suitable care services	11.6	6.6
By sex:
Male	17.2	23.7
Female	27.4	26.5
¹⁾ Regullarly taking care for ill, disabled, very old or other persons aged 15 years or over in need of care.

EMPLOYEES AGED 15 - 64, REGULARLY TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS, BY TYPE OF WORK SCHEDULE AND SEX

(Thousands)
Type of work schedule	Total	Male	Female
Total	904.6	448.3	456.4
Fixed start and end of a working day	823.8	399.0	424.8
By the possibility to vary start and/or end of working day for family reasons¹⁾:
Generally possible	113.6	51.7	61.9
Rarely possible	298.3	134.9	163.5
Not possible	411.8	212.4	199.4
Daily number of hours fixed, flexible start and end of a working day	30.3	19.5	10.7
Flexitime (number or hours determined for week, month or longer period of time)	19.1	12.2	6.8
Own work schedule (no formal boundaries)	8.9	5.1	3.8
Other	21.4	11.6	9.8
Not stated	1.2	0.7	0.5
¹⁾ Possibility of variation of the start and/or the end of a working day by at least one hour, irrespective whether the hours taken off should be made up later/earlier or not.

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