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  • Poverty

    … than others. This is the case, for example, of women living alone , migrant women, elderly women and women with … at risk of poverty, or severely materially deprived or living in a household with a very low work intensity. (Please … changes in pension and welfare provisions. The living conditions of elderly women living alone are affected mainly …

  • Europe needs to care more about care

    … in the formal care sector are women and their working conditions are often very demanding. Heavy workloads, night … of care work by increasing wages and improving working conditions. These measures could also attract more men to …

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    • Employment
    • Health

  • New collaborative report on employment and ageing in the EU

    … in the EU, which has implications for employment, working conditions, living standards and welfare. Coordinated by EU-OSHA, the … health for an ageing workforce. Eurofound examines working conditions for workers of all ages, related work …

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    • Employment

  • Abbreviations

    … Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EU-SILC European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions EWCS European Working Conditions Survey FRA …

  • Unprecedented impact of COVID-19 calls for gender-sensitive policies and research

    … risk factors (e.g. a history of smoking), working conditions and other social factors (Gebhard et al., 2020). … division of care responsibilities within the family. Living in lockdown may foster unhealthy lifestyles, substance … people with underlying health conditions, and those living in isolation to try and contain the spread of the …

  • Health

    … disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and pain, among other conditions. In the European population, there are more women … the working-age population (15 – 64 years). However, while living longer, women experience more years of disability than … longer lifespan compared to men increases their chance of living a longer proportion of their life in illness and …

  • Abbreviations

    … Work Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions EU-SILC European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions EWCS European Working Conditions Survey FGM …

  • Estefania Alaminos Aguilera

    … Estefanía Alaminos is a statistician of the Income and Living Conditions Unit at Eurostat (European Commission) in …

  • Thematic focus

    … by WHO, the SDH are the economic, social and environmental conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and … income, education, employment, housing, neighbourhood conditions and social networks. Similarly, various structural … inequalities (Heise et al., 2019; Sen and Östlin, 2008). Living in a community also suggests that gender is socially …

  • EU research shows COVID-19 poised to end progress on gender equality

    … during the pandemic, deserve better pay and working conditions. Improving the conditions and status of care work … with the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) on topics affecting the living and working experience of women and men in the EU. …

  • People in vulnerable situations

    … situation in society. Refugees and migrants Women and men living in refugee camps are especially vulnerable to Covid-19 and other diseases as a result of living in overcrowded conditions, lack of sanitation, and lack of access to decent …

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    • Health
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  • Gender differences on household chores entrenched from childhood

    … people and people with disabilities and other chronic conditions [1] . About 91 % of women with children spend at … European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) shows that women living in couples with children spend more than twice as much time on care work as women living in couples without children (5.3 hours per day, …

  • Paying the price for motherhood

    … are attributed the same share of household income if living in the same household. Gender differences in mean … gap of 38 %) or employees with dependent children and living in a couple (gender gap of 36 %). This statistic …

  • Women are more likely to have health limitations over their lifetime

    … women. Women are also affected by disabilities and chronic conditions from a younger age and to a greater degree than … include unmet needs for medical examinations, poor working conditions and low socioeconomic status, and gender-based … and community health by changing personal lifestyles and living conditions’ (Nutbeam, 1998). …

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