Sharing care, closing gender gaps: CARE Survey 2024

The second wave of EIGE's EU-wide survey on gender gaps in unpaid care and individual and social activities (CARE Survey) provides updated and comparable data on how women and men across the EU organise and experience unpaid care, housework, the use of informal and formal care services, and their leisure time.

Conducted in 2024 across all 27 EU Member States, the survey captures the impact of unpaid care responsibilities on people's daily lives, employment and well-being. The survey targeted the general population of working age (16-74 years), with a final sample of over 65 000 respondents. It builds on the first wave (2022), which directly informed the European care strategy, and it contributes to the monitoring and implementation of several key EU commitments.

Rooted in the EU's commitment to gender equality, the CARE Survey aims to strengthen the EU's evidence base on gender inequalities in care and time use.