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Inactive population due to caring responsibilities

Inactive population due to caring responsibilities. By sex 2014
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 5.2 7.7 6.7
Women 42.3 29.5 29.8
Total 28.7 22.6 20.9
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Indicador ODS Indicator 05.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: September 23, 2020. Revised series on April 26, 2024.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the reasons why individuals are not actively seeking work, so they are neither employed nor unemployed and considered to be outside the labour force. This definition used in the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) is based on the guidelines of the International Labour Organization (ILO). While several reasons may exist why somebody is not seeking employment, only the main one is considered. "Inactivity due to caring responsibilities" refers to the reasons 'looking after children or incapacitated adults' and 'other family or personal responsibilities'.