FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS IN THE LABOUR MARKET: THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS BY THE AGE OF THEIR CHILDREN

Households can be viewed from various perspectives. Census households are suitable for providing basic information about the formation and dissolution of households. A household defined as a housekeeping unit includes all the individuals who have an economic interest in the given household. From this point of view we can analyse the economic activity of individual partners in a complete family household or of the father or mother in lone-parent family household. In the context of work-life balance it is important to analyse the flexibility of work arrangements of each individual parent, especially when mothers take advantage of opportunities for part-time work.