… parents suffering worse mental health than couples with children (Chiu et al., 2017; Wade et al., 2011). However, … al., 2020). Data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey reveals that 63 % of boys aged … well-being. [2] Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2017/2018. Authors’ calculations NB: EU: …
… and individuals to choose the number and timing of their children. On average, almost 95 % of family planning needs … for example parental consent, for abortion in underaged children, are Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal and … women who work as au pairs must be unmarried and without children as a precondition for obtaining a visa. Au pairs who …
… adulthood. WHO underlines the importance of exercise for children and adolescents, recommending even higher amounts of … Office for Europe, 2020a). HBSC survey data shows that children’s level of activity tends to decline between the … for Europe, 2017), with parental income key to determining children’s access to sports (Richter et al., 2009). Among …
… for parents (see Chapter 4) affected families with young children the most (Eurofound, 2021b). As a result, spending … (EIGE, 2021c), the impact has been dramatic on mothers of children younger than 12 years, lone mothers and women … in low levels of life satisfaction among families with children (Eurofound, 2021b). Women in particular consistently …
… other chronic conditions [1] . About 91 % of women with children spend at least an hour per day on housework, compared with 30 % of men with children. The latest available data shows that employed women … housework participation are the largest among couples with children, at 62 p.p. (Figure 15), demonstrating an enduring …
… (Carretero et al., 2021; Di Pietro et al., 2020). Not all children had access to the same level of resources for home … for studying (Di Pietro et al., 2020). On average, these children were generally lower performers pre-pandemic, and it … Across the EU, it is mostly women who have supported their children with online schooling during the pandemic and who …
… increased the risk of poverty in households with dependent children. Eurofound’s COVID-19 online surveys show that households with children struggle to make ends meet much more than those … the poverty risk, especially for lone mothers and their children. The extent to which the burden of the COVID-19 …
… 27 p.p. – in FTE employment in 2019 was among couples with children, with 62 % of women, compared with 89 % of men, in … and the highest, of 89 %, was for men in couples with children (Figure 6). Figure 6. FTE employment rates by sex, … includes the gap between women and men in couples with children, highlighting how unpaid care duties remain a major …