Table A1.
Comparison of key variables with ISTAT surveys.
| Variables | Our sample | ISTAT |
|---|---|---|
| Family type1 | ||
| Couples with 1 child | 44.0% | 47.9% |
| Couples with 2 children | 46.8% | 41.7% |
| Couples with 3 or more children | 9.1% | 10.4% |
| Geographical distribution2 | ||
| North | 53.6% | 46.0% |
| Center | 26.7% | 19.9% |
| South | 19.7% | 34.1% |
| University degree3 | ||
| Females | 59.9% | 29.2% |
| Males | 38.8% | 19.5% |
| Working3 | ||
| Females | 78.6% | 62.8% |
| Males | 96.0% | 84.9% |
| Foreign born4 | ||
| Females | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| Males | 4.5% | 8.7% |
| Parents5 | ||
| Mother’ share of housework | 73.0% | 73.3% |
| Mother’ share of childcare | 66.8% | 62.7% |
| Children 3–55 | ||
| Hours of TV | 1.37 | 1.25 |
| Hours of reading | 1.02 | 0.42 |
| Children 6–105 | ||
| Hours of TV | 1.45 | 1.57 |
| Hours of reading | 0.94 | 0.46 |
| Children 11–145 | ||
| Hours of TV | 1.96 | 1.72 |
| Hours of reading | 0.90 | 0.55 |
Notes: (1) Reference population shares are drawn from the Multipurpose Survey on Households: Aspects of Daily Life 2019. (2) Reference values are drawn from Resident Municipal Population on January 1 2019. (3) Reference values are the share of males and females aged 30–49 with a university degree, drawn from the 2019 Labour Force Survey. (4) Source Resident Population at January 1st 2020. (5). Reference values are drawn to the 2013 Italian Time Use Survey, for a sample of bi-active couples with children, with the woman in the age range 25–64. For comparative purposes, the same conditions have been applied to our samples, whose reference values reflect what was stated as the pre-lockdown situation.