The main difficulty faced by working parents in Italy in 2018 concerned the long working hours. In particular, the difficulties were related to the obstacles faced in taking care of children and other family members, such as disabled people or elderly relatives. The gender comparison reveals that the second main parenting problem of mothers was their work shifts, as indicated by 6.4 percent of women. Moreover, the hard and demanding job was the second main struggle for working fathers in the conciliation between labor and family-life.
In Italy, 20.6 percent of women living in the South had never worked in order to take care of their children.
Main difficulties faced by parents in taking care of their children and other family members in Italy in 2018, by gender
Characteristic
Mothers
Fathers
Long working hours
8.8%
9.4%
Shift work, evenign or afternoon shifts, weekend shifts
6.4%
5.1%
Hard and demaning job
5.1%
6%
Too long way to work
5%
5.7%
Tough work schedule
4.6%
5.1%
Strict working hours
4.2%
2.1%
Lack of availability among colleagues and employer
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Istat. (November 18, 2019). Main difficulties faced by parents in taking care of their children and other family members in Italy in 2018, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077024/main-parenting-problems-by-gender-in-italy/
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Istat. (2019). Main difficulties faced by parents in taking care of their children and other family members in Italy in 2018, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077024/main-parenting-problems-by-gender-in-italy/
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