The 2025 module of the Labour Force Survey on "Reconciliation between work and family life" aimed to assess the extent to which work and family responsibilities limit one another, seeking to understand the strategies adopted and the constraints experienced by people in their efforts to achieve this balance.
Among the results obtained, the following stand out:
• 28.9% of those aged 18 to 74 had care responsibilities for children or grandchildren under the age of 15.
• 57.3% of those who regularly take care of children under the age of 15 did not use childcare services for all their children, mainly because the care was provided by themselves or their spouse (47.6%).
• 7.1% of those who cared for dependent relatives aged 15 and over, spent 30 or more hours a week providing this care (28.0%).
• 24.2% of the employed women with family care responsibilities stated they had to make some change to their work to better balance it with their family life.
• 39.0% of the employed caregivers reported facing obstacles at work that hindered their ability to balance work and family life, the main one being long working hours (11.8%).
• 76.9% of people aged 18 to 54 who had raised at least one child had taken a break from work by taking parental leave.
• 81.3% of men who took parental leave were absent from work for a maximum of 2 months; 91.5% of women who took parental leave interrupted their working life for a minimum of 2 months.
