| Germany | Italy | Spain | UK | USA | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean / % | SD | Mean/ % | SD | Mean/ % | SD | Mean/ % | SD | Mean/ % | SD | |
Time use (allocation) | ||||||||||
 Paidwork hours/day | 4.71 | 4.28 | 4.47 | 4.31 | 5.79 | 4.46 | 4.22 | 4.58 | 4.79 | 4.68 |
  Less than 1 | 39.3% |  | 42.5% |  | 31.9% |  | 48.8% |  | 41.4% |  |
  1 to 5 | 8.5% |  | 8.0% |  | 4.9% |  | 6.7% |  | 9.0% |  |
  > 5 to 8 | 21.6% |  | 21.9% |  | 23.0% |  | 14.6% |  | 16.3% |  |
  > 8 | 30.6% |  | 27.6% |  | 40.2% |  | 29.8% |  | 33.3% |  |
 Childcare hours/day | 0.32 | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 0.89 | 0.36 | 0.90 | 0.71 | 1.39 |
  Less than 1 (ref) | 87.3% |  | 83.0% |  | 85.9% |  | 86.7% |  | 75.3% |  |
  1 to 3 | 10.7% |  | 13.7% |  | 11.2% |  | 10.2% |  | 17.5% |  |
  > 3 to 6 | 1.9% |  | 3.1% |  | 2.8% |  | 2.8% |  | 5.9% |  |
  > 6 | 0.1% |  | 0.2% |  | 0.2% |  | 0.3% |  | 1.4% |  |
 House work hours/day | 2.59 | 2.46 | 1.67 | 2.10 | 1.58 | 2.00 | 2.62 | 2.54 | 2.91 | 2.88 |
  Less than 1 (ref) | 29.5% |  | 50.9% |  | 51.3% |  | 33.7% |  | 31.4% |  |
  1 to 3 | 36.0% |  | 27.2% |  | 29.2% |  | 30.5% |  | 29.8% |  |
  > 3 to 6 | 24.8% |  | 17.1% |  | 15.4% |  | 24.4% |  | 24.1% |  |
  > 6 | 9.8% |  | 4.8% |  | 4.0% |  | 11.4% |  | 14.8% |  |
Occupation | ||||||||||
 Management | 28.7% |  | 29.5% |  | 35.1% |  | 50.1% |  | 39.4% |  |
 Service | 1.1% |  | 4.6% |  | 1.3% |  | 0.6% |  | 4.0% |  |
 Sales & Office Work | 39.6% |  | 17.6% |  | 13.5% |  | 12.4% |  | 15.0% |  |
 Natural, Construction & Maintenance | 12.9% |  | 36.0% |  | 40.2% |  | 27.0% |  | 31.1% |  |
 Production, Transport & material moving | 3.7% |  | 3.3% |  | 4.4% |  | 1.5% |  | 0.8% |  |
 Military specialization | 14.0% |  | 3.3% |  | 4.2% |  | 1.1% |  | 3.3% |  |
 Self employment non-professionals | – |  | 5.7% |  | 1.3% |  | 7.3% |  | 6.5% |  |
Age | 42.47 | 9.68 | 43.39 | 8.40 | 43.75 | 8.84 | 42.23 | 10.12 | 41.77 | 9.25 |
 20–29 | 10.6% |  | 4.7% |  | 5.5% |  | 11.6% |  | 10.3% |  |
 30–39 | 25.0% |  | 30.3% |  | 28.5% |  | 31.0% |  | 31.8% |  |
 40–49 | 39.3% |  | 38.1% |  | 37.1% |  | 28.2% |  | 35.1% |  |
 50+ | 25.1% |  | 26.9% |  | 29.0% |  | 29.2% |  | 22.8% |  |
Education | ||||||||||
 Incomplete Sec. or less | 7.2% |  | 11.3% |  | 17.4% |  | 32.2% |  | 7.7% |  |
 Secondary completed | 46.9% |  | 78.3% |  | 56.6% |  | 39.5% |  | 24.3% |  |
 Tertiary Completed or above | 45.9% |  | 10.4% |  | 26.0% |  | 28.4% |  | 68.0% |  |
Household size | 3.35 | 1.26 | 3.59 | 1.00 | 3.72 | 1.13 | 3.31 | 1.23 | 3.69 | 1.24 |
 1 Member | 8.3% |  | 0.0% |  | 0.0% |  | 0.2% |  | 0.2% |  |
 2 Members | 16.9% |  | 14.3% |  | 14.1% |  | 32.4% |  | 19.2% |  |
 3+ Members | 74.9% |  | 85.7% |  | 85.9% |  | 67.4% |  | 80.8% |  |
Number of children < 18 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.49 | 1.17 |
 0 | 43.0% |  | 43.7% |  | 37.9% |  | 44.1% |  | 24.1% |  |
 1 to 3 | 52.7% |  | 50.8% |  | 57.0% |  | 44.9% |  | 59.1% |  |
 3+ | 4.3% |  | 5.5% |  | 5.1% |  | 10.9% |  | 16.9% |  |