The unpaid care work and the labour market : an analysis of time use data based on the latest world compilation of time-use surveys

This publication is part of a series of research papers that was commissioned as background research for the major ILO report Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work. It provides a comprehensive overview of the extent, characteristics and historical trends of unpaid care work based on the analysis of the most recent time-use surveys carried out at the national level across the world. By discussing the concepts and methodological approaches which underlie the analysis of time-use data, this research paper shows the differences in time spent on unpaid care work between women and men and among people with different socioeconomic characteristics : geographical location, age group, educational level, activity status, employment status, income group, marital status and presence and age of children in the household.