Inhalt: Auszug: “While more women than men work part-time, men are more likely to be doing so against their preference. This disproportionately high male share of involuntary part-timers is concentrated in the services sector, especially among those working in retail and the accommodation and food services sectors, both of which are predominantly female-employing sectors. (...) It is not news that women take more responsibility for the care of their children than men. According to the 2016 EQLS, 88% of mothers compared to 64% of fathers in the EU care for their children every day. These fathers estimate they give 21 hours a week to the care of their children, while the mothers dedicate 39 hours per week. This disparity is duplicated among working parents and is one of the reasons why the working lives of women contrast with those of men – in terms of working time arrangements, occupational choices and pay. (...)Figure 17 shows the care responsibilities of workers according to age. The gender gap in childcare is wider at younger ages, while for adult care, it is particularly wide in the 50–64 age group, where a striking one-quarter of women in paid work (compared to 17% of men) report providing care at least once a week to an ill or disabled family member or friend. It comes as no surprise, then, that a higher proportion of working women report difficulties in reconciling work and care – 40% of women compared with 33% of men. Among those working full time, the proportions are higher and the gap greater – 49% of women and 35% of men. The biggest differences in working time between the sexes are largely related to care responsibilities for children up to the age of 12 (see Figure 18). While the working time of women declines during the parenting phase, the working time of men actually increases slightly."
Schlagwörter:Arbeitsbedingungen; Arbeitsmarktforschung; Gender Gap; Lebensqualität; Vereinbarkeit Familie-Beruf
CEWS Kategorie:Arbeitswelt und Arbeitsmarkt, Europa und Internationales, Statistik und statistische Daten
Dokumenttyp:Graue Literatur, Bericht