Access to Childcare and Home Care Services across Europe : An Analysis of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), 2016

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Ivan Privalko, Bertrand Maître, Dorothy Watson, Raffaele Grotti, 'Access to Childcare and Home Care Services across Europe : An Analysis of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), 2016', [report], Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Social Inclusion Division and The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019-09-19, Social Inclusion Report Series, 8, 19-09-19Abstract:
This report uses EU-SILC data for 2016 to examine differences by social risk group and social class in access to care services – specifically, childcare and home care for people with an illness or disability. We focus on 11 countries and four welfare regimes across Europe. We also examine the association between access to these services and both poverty and employment. There are three main findings. First, countries with universal services, or a strong welfare state, provide greater access to care overall, and greater access for vulnerable social risk and social class groups. Countries with means tested services offer lower coverage which results in a greater chance of unmet need for care. Second, certain social-risk groups have a higher chance of experiencing unmet need for childcare and home care. Social class or household composition differences within such groups cannot fully explain their likelihood of reporting unmet need. This suggests that social-risk groups are particularly vulnerable to unmet need. Third, unmet need for childcare and home care is associated with deprivation and, in the case of childcare, non-employment. In this way, unmet need for childcare in particular may act as a barrier to labour market participation. Although our analysis cannot establish a causal link between the two, unmet care need and non-employment are related, and could be a significant force for social exclusion. Policy efforts should limit the experience of unmet care needs.
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Ireland. Department of Employment Affairs and Social ProtectionEconomic and Social Research Institute
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Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Social Inclusion Division and The Economic and Social Research InstituteOther Titles:
An Analysis of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), 2016Corporate name:
Ireland. Department of Employment Affairs and Social ProtectionEconomic and Social Research Institute
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Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Social Inclusion Division and The Economic and Social Research InstituteType of material:
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Care Services, Childcare, Home care, Social risk group, Social class, Social exclusion, Poverty, EU-SILCISBN:
9781908109552Metadata
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