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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources. Definition: A one person household consists of a person living alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multi-person household. General note: Data is limited to persons living in private households. Data come from population censuses, micro-censuses and household sample surveys, unless otherwise specified. .. - data not available Country: Albania 1990: data refer to 1989. Country: Austria Break in methodlogy (2004): Change in data collection procedure. Country: Azerbaijan Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Belarus Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Belgium Change in definition (2003 - 2013): Data for married couples include married same sex couples. Country: Belgium Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Belgium Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1985 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (2010): Data refer to 2011 Country: Canada Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Canada Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Canada Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996 Country: Croatia Change in definition (1980 - 1990): Data refer to population with permanent residence irrespective of actual residence and duration. Country: Croatia Change in definition (2001 - 2011): Data refer to usual resident population. Country: Croatia Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Croatia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Cyprus Change in definition (1980 - 2011): Age group 0-29 refers to 15-24; age group 30-64 refers to 25-64. Country: Cyprus Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Cyprus Territorial change (1980 - 2011): Data cover only government controlled area. Country: Czechia Change in definition (1995 - 2013): Age group 0-29 refers to 15-29. Country: Estonia Break in methodlogy (2008): Change from Household Budget Survey to EU-SILC Country: France Additional information (1990 - 2010): Data cover Metropolitan France and overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, French Guiana) Country: France Break in methodlogy (2006 - 2010): The census is based on annual data collection, successively surveying all the municipal territories over a five-year period. Country: France Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Georgia Territorial change (2000 onward): Data do not cover Abkhaz AR and Ossetia. Country: Georgia Break in series (2014): data for 2014 are from the Population Census, for other years are from the Integrated Household Survey Country: Germany Break in methodlogy (1980): From 1980 to 2004, data refer to one reporting week Country: Germany Break in methodlogy (2005): From 2005, annual avarage figures Country: Germany Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data refer to the former territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. Country: Ireland Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996 Country: Israel Break in methodology (2012): The Labour Force Survey has been changed from a quarterly format to a monthly format. Country: Israel Data refer to persons aged 15+ living in one person households. Country: Kyrgyzstan Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999 Country: Latvia Change in definition (2011): In 2011 Census in Latvia the housekeeping concept of household was used instead of the household-dwelling concept used in the previous 2000 Census. Country: Luxembourg Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Luxembourg Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Norway See more about definitions: http://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/familie/aar/20--16-04-14?fane=om content Country: Poland 1980, 1990: data refer to 1978, 1988. Country: Portugal Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Romania Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Serbia Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Serbia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991. With provisional data for Bujanovac and Presevo. Country: Serbia Territorial change (1980): Data refer to the whole territory of the Republic of Serbia Country: Serbia Territorial change (1990 - 2011): Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija. Country: Slovakia Additional information (1980): Detailed data about one person-households from the 1980 census are not available. Country: Slovenia Change in definition (1990): Data refer to de jure population. Country: Slovenia Change in definition (2002): Data refer to de facto population. Country: Slovenia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Spain Additional information: For 2011 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 5. From 2013 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 100. Country: Switzerland Additional information (1980 - 2000): Data are based on traditional census (full field enumeration) Country: Switzerland Break in methodlogy (2010 - 2011): Data are based on sample survey of the resident permanent population 15 + Country: Turkey Additional information (2002 - 2007): The variable of "type of household" was asked directly to the respondants. Country: Turkey Additional information (2008 - 2012): The variable of "type of household" was calculated at the offiice by using the variable named "relationship to the household head". Country: Ukraine Territorial change (2000 - 2013): Territorial sample excluded localities (and the population living in them) which were radioactively contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster. Country: United Kingdom Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 census Country: United Kingdom Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 census Country: United Kingdom Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data cover only Great Britain. Country: United Kingdom Territorial change (2000 - onwards): Data cover Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national official sources. Definition:A private household is either: (a) One person household consisting of a person living alone in a separate housing unit or who occupies, as a lodger, a separate room (or rooms) of a housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form part of a multi-person household OR (b) Multi-person household consisting of a group of two or more persons who combine to occupy the whole or part of a housing unit and to provide themselves with food and possibly other essentials for living. The group may be composed of related persons only or of unrelated persons or of a combination of both. The group may also pool their income. Couple: A couple is defined as a man and woman living as a married couple, a registered couple or a couple who lives in a consensual union (cohabiting). Two persons are considered as partners in a consensual union when they have usual residence in the same household, have a marriage-like relationship but are not married to each other. Child: A child refers to a blood, step- or adopted son or daughter (regardless of age or marital status) who has usual residence in the household of the parent, and who has no partner or own child(ren) in the same household. General note: Data come from population censuses, micro-censuses and household sample surveys, unless otherwise specified. .. - data not available Country: Albania Break in methodlogy (2011): Households with three generations included in Other; Country: Austria Break in methodlogy (2004): Change in data collection procedure. Country: Belarus Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Belgium Change in definition (2003 - 2013): Data for married couples include married same sex couples. Country: Belgium Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Belgium Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1985 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Bulgaria Reference period (2010): Data refer to 2011 Country: Canada Change in definition (1980): Cohabiting couples are included within the married couples category. Data for lone-parent and couple (married and common-law) households with/without children refer to households with one census family. Households with multiple census families are included in the category of Other households. Country: Canada Change in definition (1990 - 2011): Data for lone-parent and couple (married and common-law) households with/without children refer to households with one census family. Households with multiple census families are included in the category of Other households. Country: Canada Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Canada Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Canada Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996 Country: Croatia Change in definition (1980 - 1990): Data refer to population with permanent residence irrespective of actual residence and duration. Country: Croatia Change in definition (2001 - 2011): Data refer to usual resident population. Country: Croatia Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Croatia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Cyprus Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1982 Country: Cyprus Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Cyprus Territorial change (1980 - 2011): Data cover only government controlled area. Country: Czechia Change in definition (1980 - 2013): Data refer to couples with economically inactive dependent children aged 0-25. Country: Estonia Change in definition (2001 - 2007): Data refer to one parent families with children aged under 18. Country: Estonia Change in definition (2008 onward): Data refer to one parent families with children aged 0?17 and persons aged 18-24 who are economically inactive and living with at least one parent. Country: France Additional information (1990 - 2010): Data cover Metropolitan France and overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, French Guiana) Country: France Break in methodlogy (2006 - 2010): The census is based on annual data collection, successively surveying all the municipal territories over a five-year period. Country: France Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Georgia Sum of households with married couples and households with cohabitating couples may not sum to total households with couples as some households include both married couples and cohabitating couples. Country: Georgia Territorial change (2000 onward): Data do not cover Abkhazia AR and Tskhinvali Region Country: Germany Break in methodlogy (1980): From 1980 to 2004, data refer to one reporting week Country: Germany Households with three and more generations are also included in all other household types with children living in this household. From 2005, data refer to annual avarage figures. Country: Germany Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data refer to the former territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. Country: Hungary Change in definition (1980 - 2011): Data refer to couples with never married children. Multi-family households are included in category "Other". Country: Ireland Data on three generation households are included in other households. Country: Ireland Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1996 Country: Israel Break in methodlogy (2012): The Labour Force Survey has been changed from a quarterly formal to a monthly format. Country: Kazakhstan Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999. Country: Kyrgyzstan Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999 Country: Latvia Change in definition (2011): In 2011 Census in Latvia the housekeeping concept of household was used instead of the household-dwelling concept used in the previous 2000 Census. Country: Lithuania Change in definition (2001 - 2011): Data include stepchildren and adopted children, but exclude wards. Country: Luxembourg Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Luxembourg Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Montenegro Change in definition (2003): Data related to one family household Country: Norway Data refer to one parent families with children aged under 18. See more about definitions: http://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/familie/aar/20--16-04-14?fane=om content Country: Poland Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1978 Country: Poland Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1988 Country: Portugal Change in definition (1990 - 2011): Data on three generation households are included in & 39;other& 39; households. Country: Portugal Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Romania Change in definition (1990): Data do not include cohabiting couples. Country: Romania Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992 Country: Serbia Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Serbia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991. With provisional data for Bujanovac and Presevo. Country: Serbia Territorial change (1980): Data refer to the whole territory of the Republic of Serbia Country: Serbia Territorial change (1990 - 2011): Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija. Country: Slovakia Additional information (1980 - 1990): Detailed data from the 1980 and 1991 census about married and cohabiting couples are not available. Country: Slovakia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Slovenia Change in definition (1980 - 1990): Data refer to de jure population and couples with never married children Country: Slovenia Change in definition (2002): Data refer to de facto population. Country: Slovenia Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 Country: Slovenia Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 Country: Spain Additional information: For 2011 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 5. From 2013 all data are rounded to the closest integer multiple of 100. Country: Spain Change in definition (2001 - 2011): The category "Three-generation households" considers those households with exactly three generations inside and no more; the category "One-parent family households" considers only those households with only one parent family inside and no more people living there; the category "Couples households" considers only those households with only one couple (with or without children) and no more people living there. Country: Sweden Since 2011, the source is register-based household statistics. All persons who are registered at the same housing unit form part of the same household. Information about housing is missing for about 300 000 persons. These people are not included in the household statistics. Earlier data is based on a survey that used a housekeeping unit approach. A household-housing unit may contain several housekeeping units. Reported figures are based on estimated relations between those who occupy the same housing unit. Children are classified based on four different types of relations. Biological parents with children and adoptive parents with children are the two most common types of relations. Children classified by guardianship and ''Other person'' account for a small share. Individuals are classified as children regardless of age if they live with their parents/guardians and don’t have any children or partner in the same household. Single or cohabiting parents, with or without children, who live in a housing unit with other occupants are placed under other households. Information on three-generation households is only available from 2014. The figures refer to households where all persons in the household are part of the same generation chain, but where a person from the middle generation does not need to be present. Country: Switzerland Additional information (1980 - 2000): Data are based on traditional census (full field enumeration) Country: Switzerland Break in methodlogy (2010 - 2011): Data are based on sample survey of the resident permanent population 15 + Country: Switzerland Since 2012 the sum of household categories may differ from the total number of households due to different data sources used. Country: Turkey Additional information (2002 - 2007): The variable of "type of household" was asked directly to the respondants. Country: Turkey Additional information (2008 - 2012): The variable of "type of household" was calculated at the offiice by using the variable named "relationship to the household head". Country: Ukraine Change in definition (2000 - 2013): Children in one parent families& 39; include families where children do not have one or both parents. Country: Ukraine Territorial change (2000 - 2013): Territorial sample excluded localities (and the population living in them) which were radioactively contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster. Country: United Kingdom Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981 census Country: United Kingdom Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991 census Country: United Kingdom Territorial change (1980 - 1990): Data cover only Great Britain. Country: United Kingdom Territorial change (2000 - onwards): Data cover Great Britain and Northern Ireland Country: United States Break in methodlogy (2007): Revision of data collection tools. Cohabiting couples include all couples, not just coupled households. Country: United States Change in definition (1980 - 1995): Data on couples do not include unmarried partners Country: Uzbekistan Households consisting of a single couple are included in the category 'Couple households', households consisting of two or more couples are included in the category 'Other private households'

Definition:Time use represents the average time spent on an activity per day (hours and minutes per day). All persons are included, whether they have performed this activity or not, and all days of the week, as well as working and holiday periods are included. Domestic work includes the following: Food preparation, dish washing- Food preparation comprises all activities connected with the preparation of meals, snacks, drinks; it also includes baking and preserving as well as setting the table and serving. Dish washing also includes connected activities before and after washing up, e.g. cleaning the table after a meal and putting the rest of the food into the fridge, drying up, tidying away dishes, and loading and uploading the dishwasher. Cleaning and other upkeep - Cleaning dwelling includes vacuuming, washing and waxing of floors, washing windows, making beds, tidying, arranging the home, sorting papers, bottles, tins, etc. Other upkeep includes cleaning the yard, heating and water supply, and various arrangements at home, such as looking for lost items, packing and unpacking, or tending to houseplants. Laundry, ironing, handicrafts and textile products - Laundry includes loading and uploading of washing machine, hand washing, hanging out and putting away laundry when not ironed or mangled. Ironing comprises mangling and connected tasks, such as folding and putting textiles into the wardrobe. Handicraft and care for textiles consists of making new products, such as knitting, needlework, sewing by machine or hand, or weaving. Repairing and caring for clothes and shoes also come under this category. Handicraft as a simultaneous activity, e.g. while watching TV, is not included. Gardening, constructions and repairs – Gardening includes all kinds of work in the kitchen garden, tending and harvesting vegetables, etc. It also comprises tending to outdoor plants and flowers, mowing the lawn, etc. It also comprises tending domestic animals, which is not done in connection with farming. Construction and repairs comprise all kinds of major construction, renovation and repairs of the dwelling, garage or outhouse, as well as indoor repairs, making and repairing equipment, vehicle maintenance, etc. Shopping and services – Shopping includes purchasing consumer and capital goods, browsing at shops or markets. Services include visiting public offices, and commercial or personal services. Trips connected with shopping are excluded when separated in the diary. Child care – Covers active care given to a child living in own household, including physical care, teaching, reading, playing and talking with a child, accompanying a child to a doctor, visiting a school etc. Going together to the cinema, watching TV with a child, are excluded. Adult care – Covers adult assistance and care (except housework) given to an adult living in own household, including physical care of a sick or elderly adult; washing, cutting hair, massaging; mental help, information and advice; accompanying to a doctor; and visits to hospitals. General note: Data are reported in number of hours, where decimals represent hundredths of an hour (e.g, 1.75 should be read 1 hour and 45 minutes; 0.20 should be read 12 minutes). .. - data not available Country: Armenia Data refer to October 2008 and to the population aged 15-80. Country: Austria Country: Belarus Adult care data included in other activities. Country: Bulgaria Reference period (2002): Data refer to 2001-2002. Country: Bulgaria Reference period (2010): Data refer to 2009-2010. Country: Canada Change in definition (1990 - 2010): Data refer to population aged 20 to 74. Country: Canada Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1992. Country: Canada Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1997. Country: Canada Territorial change (1990 - 2010): Data cover 10 provinces only. Country: Denmark Data covers persons who have been active in the category. Data refer to the population aged 16-74. 1990: data refer to 1987. 2009: Data refer to 2008-2009. 2009 onward: categories comply with definition, whereas earlier years had fewer categories included in domestic work. Country: Estonia Reference period (2000): Data refer to 1999-2000. Country: Estonia Reference period (2010): Data refer to 2009-2010. Country: France 2000: data refer to 1998-1999. 2010: data refer to 2009-2010. Data cover only Metropolitan France. Country: Germany Reference period (2001): Data refer to the period from April 2001 to March 2002 Country: Germany Change in definition (2001): Data refer to the population aged 20-74. Country: Greece Other activites include household management (planning and arranging, budgeting, paperwork, making a shoppihg list, arranging and supervising outside services at home). All persons are included. Country: Hungary 2000: data refer to 1999-2000. 2010: data refer to 2009-2010. Country: Italy 2002: data refer to 2002-2003; 2008: data refer to 2008-2009; 2014: data refer to 2013-2014. Data refer to population aged 20-74. For all years activities are coded according to the last Harmonized European Time Use Survey Guidelines (HETUS 2008). Country: Kazakhstan Additional information (2003): The structure of time use within 7 days (man / hours per week). Data refer to the age group 16 years and older. Country: Kazakhstan Additional information (2006): The structure of time use within 7 days (man / hours per week). Data refer to the age group 18 years and older. Country: Kazakhstan Additional information (2012): The structure of time use within 7 days (man / hours per week). Data refer to the age group 10 years and older. Country: Luxembourg Data refer to the population aged 10-74. Country: Netherlands Break in methodlogy (2006): Data is collected according to the Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS) replacing the original Dutch Time Use Survey. Country: Norway 2010: data refer to 2010-2011. Country: Poland 2004: data refer to 2003-2004. Country: Romania Reference period (2000): Data refer to August and September 2000. Country: Romania Reference period (2011 - 2012): Statistical survey on time use (TUS), carried out in households during september 2011 - september 2012 Country: Serbia Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija. 2010 data refer to 2010-2011. Country: Spain 2003: data refer to 2002-2003. Country: Sweden Change in definition (2000-onwards): Other activities include unspecified household and family care, household management and help to an adult household member. Data refer to the population aged 20-64. Country: Sweden Reference period (2000): Data refer to 2000-2001. Country: Sweden Reference period (2010): Data refer to April 2010-March 2011 Country: Switzerland Reference period (1995): Data refer to 1997. Country: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Reference period (2014): Time Use Survey was carried out over a period of 12 months, from May 2014 until April 2015. Country: Turkey For 2006 the data refer to persons aged 15+. For 2015 the data refer to persons aged 10+.