… many other aspects of a person’s life. This includes their health. The burden of unpaid care is increasingly regarded as a determinant of health. Policies promoting women’s participation in the …
… work is greater since they balance paid jobs and unpaid care work to a greater extent than men (see Chapter 2, … income, are crucial social determinants of the health of both women and men. A higher income supports improvement in health, and better health enables an individual to earn a …
… in the world of work, with unequal distribution of care, family and other household duties a major barrier to … between paid and unpaid work, and between the economic and health spheres. Critical to people’s lives, work also impacts well-being and health through social, physical and psychosocial hazards, …
… In coming years, the number of people needing long-term care will increase, given the ageing population and … Technology-based solutions were at the forefront of public health strategies to contain the pandemic. Assistive … at risk (e.g. of falling or isolation), monitoring health conditions through sensors, monitoring daily life …
… qualifications in which women tend to work, such as in the health sector (EIGE, 2018d). In 2015, the average monthly … in platform work, with the imbalanced division of care between women and men restricting women’s choices more … women with care responsibilities, and those with poor health. A study of the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform showed …
… of time (which measures gender equality in engagement in care and social activities) and the availability of some … their limits, burning out and severely harming their health and personal relationships (Pérez-Zapata et al., … have negative consequences for work–life balance, health and well-being (Ropponen et al., 2019). There is a …
… from home also offers opportunities for people with health limitations that prevent them from working outside the … that almost one in five online platform workers reported health limitations (ILO, 2018c). Footnotes [1] Denoting …
… a mix of intellectual and social tasks. For example, some health, education and social service occupations dominated by women, such as schoolteacher or personal care worker in a residential service, are considered … difficult to automate. In fact, the number of personal care workers has risen substantially in recent years …
… The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems and affected the health and lives of innumerable people, both directly and … they work as front-line providers of healthcare and social care. A study of eight countries found that women are more …
… Examination of the Gender Equality Index confirms that good health and healthcare are not enjoyed equally by all women … and impact one of the main indicators of self-perceived health (Figure 23). Recent evidence suggests that certain … disabilities have experienced an unmet need for medical care (compared with 4 % of women and 3 % of men among the …
… young women and men (19 p.p.), covered by the domain of health [4] . Figure 17. Shares of workers engaging in social … in youth. Analysis of data from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey highlights … excluded from the labour market, for example owing to care responsibilities. [4] EIGE, ‘Health in European Union …
… The availability of high-quality, affordable care services has long been acknowledged as essential to enable people to reconcile paid work and care responsibilities. This is particularly true for women … 2014b). [3] Women (27 %) more than men (22 %). Eurostat, health variables, EU-SILC, 2017 (hlth_silc_06). [4] More …
… decreases with the number of children in the family. Care responsibilities keep 7.7 million women out of the … than men (29 % and 6 %, respectively) work part-time to care for children and other dependent family members. Lower … status are at greater risk of poor physical and mental health, while typically limited resources make them more …
… older women. The gender pay gap is also substantial among health professionals (33 %), showing a dearth of women in … and income are closely related to (expected and actual) care duties for children, which fall disproportionately on … income replacement. The COVID-19-linked shift of care duties back into private households will have more …
… increased risk of losing jobs because of additional unpaid care responsibilities resulting from closures of schools and … 2018. Around 30 of all employed women worked in education, health and social work activities, compared with 8 of men. … often exposed these workers to unprecedented workloads, health risks and work–life balance challenges. Around 7 of …