| dc.description.abstract | Of the women aged between 25 and 59 living in the European Union, about a third describe themselves as "housewives". This situation varies depending on the number of children in the household, on the woman's level of education and on the prevailing family model in the society concerned. Most women in this age group are nevertheless economically active, and are therefore likely to have to reconcile their professional and family lives. Part-time work is one of the possible solutions; it applies to a third of the women in employment in the Community, but varies strongly from one Member State to another. Another possibility, of course, is help from their partner. However, according to the observations drawn from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) survey, child-care remains in the woman's domain. Women who work full-time spend much more time with their children than men do. It would seem that it is mainly in Denmark and the Netherlands that women benefit most from help from their partners. |
