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In view of the strong demand for cross-national indicators on the situation of families and children, the OECD Family database was developed to provide cross-national indicators on family outcomes and family policies across the OECD countries, its enhanced engagement partners and EU member states.

The database brings together information from various national and international databases, both within the OECD (see related OECD databases) and external organisations. The database currently (version April 2011) includes 63 indicators under four main dimensions: (i) structure of families, (ii) labour market position of families, (iii) public policies for families and children and (iv) child outcomes.

Each indicator typically presents the data on a particular issue as well as relevant definitions and methodology, comparability and data issues, information on sources and, where relevant, include the raw data or descriptive information across countries.

*** RECENT UPDATES: LMF1.2 Maternal employment; LMF2.4 Family-friendly workplace practices ***

*** RECENT ADDITIONS: The  OECD Family support calculator;  Child well-being module CX3.1 Special educational needs; CX3.2 Trends in child population ***

• Families and Children
  • SF1.1 Family size and composition (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF1.2 Children in families (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • SF1.3 Further information on living arrangements of children (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • SF1.4 Population by age of children and youth dependency ratio (.pdf) (.xls) 
• Fertility indicators
  • SF2.1 Fertility rates (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF2.2 Ideal and actual number of children (.pdf) (.xls)
  • SF2.3 Mean age of mother at first childbirth (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF2.4 Share of births outside marriage and teenage births (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF2.5 Childlessness (.pdf)  (.xls)
• Marital and partnership status
  • SF3.1 Marriage and divorce rate (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF3.2 Family dissolution and children (.pdf) (.xls)
  • SF3.3 Cohabitation rate and prevalence of other forms of partnership (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • SF3.4 Family violence (.pdf) (.xls)

• Families, children and employment status    
  • LMF1.1 Children in families by employment status (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • UPDATED! LMF1.2 Maternal employment (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • LMF1.3 Maternal employment by family status (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • LMF1.4 Employment profiles over the life-course  (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • LMF1.5 Gender pay gaps for full-time workers and earnings by educational attainment (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • LMF1.6 Gender differences in employment outcomes (.pdf)  (.xls)
• Workplace hours and time for caring
  • LMF2.1 Usual weekly working hours among men and women by broad hours groups  (.pdf)   (.xls) 
  • LMF2.2 The distribution of working hours among couple families and adults in couple families individually, by broad hours groups, presence of children, and age of youngest child  (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • LMF2.3 The distribution of working hours among single persons by broad hours groups, presence of children, and age of youngest child (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • UPDATED! LMF2.4 Family-friendly workplace practices (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • LMF2.5 Time used for work, care and daily household chores (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • LMF2.6 Time spent travelling to and from work (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • LMF2.7 Subjective well-being and satisfaction with work-life balance (.pdf)  (.xls)

3. Public policies for families and children (PF)

• General tax/benefit support for families with children
  • PF1.1 Public spending on family benefits (.pdf)   (.xls)
  • PF1.2 Public spending on education (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF1.3 Family cash benefits (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • PF1.4 Neutrality of tax/benefits systems (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF1.5 Child support (maintenance) systems (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF1.6 Public spending by age of children (.pdf) (.xls) 
• Child-related leave
  • PF2.1 Key characteristics of parental leave systems (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF2.2 Use of childbirth-related leave benefits, by mothers and fathers (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF2.3 Additional leave entitlements of working parents (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF2.4 Parental leave replacement rates (.pdf) (.xls)
• Formal care and education for very young children  
  • PF3.1 Public spending on childcare and early education (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF3.2 Enrolment in childcare and pre-schools (.pdf) (.xls)  
  • PF3.3 Informal childcare arrangements (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF3.4 Childcare support (.pdf) (.xls)
• Typology of childcare benefits and net parental fees by family type and income level
  • PF4.1 Typology of childcare and early education services (.pdf) 
  • PF4.2 Quality of childcare and early education services (.pdf) (.xls)
  • PF4.3 Out-of-school-hours care (.pdf)  (.xls)

4. Child outcomes (CO)

(for information by child age please refer to the Child well-being module)

• Child health
  • CO1.1 Infant mortality (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • CO1.2 Life expectancy at birth (.pdf) (.xls)
  • CO1.3 Low birth weight (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • CO1.4 Vaccination rates (.pdf)  (.xls)    
  • CO1.5 Breastfeeding rates (.pdf) (.xls)
  • CO1.6 Disease-based indicators: Prevalence of diabetes and asthma among children (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • CO1.7 Overweight and obesity at age 15, by gender (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • CO1.8 Regular smokers among 15 year olds, by gender (.pdf)  (.xls)
• Child poverty
  • CO2.1 Trends in the income position of different household types (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • CO2.2 Child poverty (.pdf)  (.xls)
• Education/literacy   
  • CO3.1 Educational attainment by gender and average years spent in formal education (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • CO3.2 Gender differences in university graduates by fields of study (.pdf)  (.xls) 
  • CO3.3 Literacy scores by gender at age 10 (.pdf) (.xls)
  • CO3.4 Literacy scores by gender at age 15 (.pdf) (.xls)
  • CO3.5 Young people not in education or employment  (.pdf)  (.xls)
  • CO3.6 Proportion of immigrant children and their educational outcomes (.pdf) (.xls)
• Societal participation
  • CO4.1 Participation in voluntary work and membership of NGOs for young adults, 15-29  (.pdf)  (.xls)  
  • CO4.2 Participation rates of first-time voters  (.pdf)  (.xls)  
  • CO4.3 Substance abuse by young people (.pdf) (.xls)
  • CO4.4 Teenage suicides  (.pdf)  (.xls)