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Inactive population due to caring responsibilities

Inactive population due to caring responsibilities. By sex 2023
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 11.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Women 37.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 26.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Percentatge.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 05.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 20, 2024. 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'.