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Indicator 5.4.1: Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

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Percentage of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age group and location

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Indicator available Percentage of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age group and location
Indicator description Unpaid domestic and care work activities include the unpaid production of goods for own final consumption, these include:(Unpaid work that involves the production of goods for self‐consumption (e.g., collecting water or firewood); (Unpaid work that involves the provision of services for self‐consumption (e.g., cooking or cleaning as well as person‐to‐person care for other people); and(‘Voluntary work’ which consists of service or activity undertaken without pay for the benefit of the community, the environment, and persons other than close relatives or those within the household.
Geographical coverage Region
Unit of measurement Percentage (%)
Definitions Time spent in unpaid care and domestic work over the total time spent in all work.
Calculations Time spent in unpaid care and domestic work divided by total time and multiplied by 100 (disaggregated by sex, region and location).
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Last updated 17-11-2018

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
Indicator number 5.4.1
Target name Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Target number 5.4
Global indicator description
UN designated tier 2
UN custodian agency UN Statistics Division (UNSD)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 337 KB) opens in a new window
Organisation Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Living Standards Survey.
Periodicity 5 years
Earliest available data 1992
Geographical coverage Region
Link to data source National Data Archives (NADA) opens in a new window
Release date 2018
Next release 2023
Statistical classification Official Statistics
Contact details info@statsghana.gov.gh
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