Inactive population due to caring responsibilities (i28)

Definition: the share of the inactive population not working because of family responsibilities is the proportion of the inactive population aged between 15 and 64 years that wants to work but is not looking for work because it is caring for children or dependent persons or because of other family or personal reasons. The data come from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Statistics Belgium organises this EU-harmonised survey in Belgium and makes the results available, in particular to Eurostat. The survey methodology was reviewed in 2017. Comparisons of the 2017 data with previous years should be done with caution. The data used here come from Eurostat, which publishes detailed and comparable results between EU Member States. Since these data are based on surveys, a margin of uncertainty must be taken into account. The confidence intervals for these data are available on request from Statistics Belgium.