Social trends in Italy

Social trends in Italy

A recent study from the OECD provides an overview of the social trends and policies in Italy and other OECD countries. The study, Society at a Glance 2011: OECD Social Indicators, includes a wide array of information on social issues that range from demography and family characteristics, employment and unemployment,

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Thu 21 Apr 2011 12:00 AM

A recent
study from the OECD provides an overview of the social trends and policies in
Italy and other OECD countries. The study, Society at a Glance 2011: OECD
Social Indicators, includes a wide array of information on social issues that
range from demography and family characteristics, employment and unemployment,
poverty and inequality to social and health care expenditure, and trust and
tolerance.

 

WOMEN AND WORK.

The report reveals that Italian women spend 3 hours
and 40 minutes per day more on unpaid work such as cooking, cleaning, caring
for children or other family members than Italian men, the greatest gender gap
in the OECD after Mexico, Turkey and Portugal. On average, across the OECD,
women spend 2.5 hours per day more than men on unpaid work.

 

ITALIANS IN THE HOME.

More data reveals that 59 percent of Italians cook or
clean up each day, for an average of 1 hour and 39 minutes per day, compared to
an OECD average of 1 hour and 24 minutes. The Italian figure is the fifth
highest in the OECD, after Turkey, Portugal, Mexico and Japan.

 

EMPLOYMENT.

Data reveals that fewer than 58 percent of
working-aged Italians have jobs, which is lower than the OECD average (66
percent) and the fourth lowest rate in the OECD, partly because of women’s low
participation rate in the labour-force.

 

LIFE EXPECTANCY.

Italians have the second highest life expectancy in
the OECD after Japan, at 81.5 years. The OECD average is 79.3.

 

CHARITY.

An average of only 27 percent Italians had given
money, volunteered their time or helped a stranger in the previous month,
compared to an OECD average of 39 percent.

 

 

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