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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Regional-level indicators, Italy, 2016

From: Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women

Macro-area

Region

Female labour market participation rate 15–64 y.o. (%)

0–2 years old in ECEC (%)

Traditionalist family norms

South and Islands

Sicily

28.3

9.9

0.24

South and Islands

Campania

28.7

7.6

0.30

South and Islands

Calabria

29.2

9.7

0.25

South and Islands

Apulia

31.4

14.5

0.22

South and Islands

Basilicata

39.0

14.5

0.23

South and Islands

Molise

42.0

21.7

0.19

South and Islands

Sardinia

42.3

28.8

0.16

South and Islands

Abruzzo

44.6

20.9

0.24

Center

Lazio

51.8

29.7

0.22

North-West

Liguria

54.3

30.6

0.20

Center

Marche

54.4

26.7

0.19

Center

Umbria

55.2

41.0

0.20

North-East

Veneto

55.2

27.3

0.16

North-East

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

57.0

28.3

0.20

North-West

Lombardy

58.1

28.1

0.20

North-West

Piedmont

58.2

27.3

0.17

Center

Tuscany

58.4

35.2

0.20

North-West

Aosta Valley

61.8

44.7

0.17

North-East

Emilia-Romagna

62.2

37.1

0.19

North-East

Trentino-South Tyrol

62.7

31.7

0.16

  1. Female labour force participation rate and ECEC availability: ISTAT data warehouse, 2016. Traditionalist family norms: percentage of respondents in the FSS 2016 survey who strongly agree or agree with the statement “To what extent do you agree with the following statement: when parents need help, daughters should take care of them”, authors’ elaboration. Data sorted by female labour force participation rate