Economically Active Population Survey
 National results
Employees between 16 and 64 years old with at least one child according to main type of child care service used to look after them, by absolute  value/percentage, sex and age group
Units: absolute values in thousands and percentages

	Total	Children looked after by specialised services	Children looked after by spouse	Children looked after by family members	Care not used	Does not know	
absolute values in thousands	
    both sexes	
        Total	5,736.3	1,173.4	2,005.0	1,034.3	1,485.3	38.3	
        16-24	94.9	25.6	32.1	23.2	13.7	0.3	
        25-44	4,623.1	1,019.5	1,586.4	926.2	1,061.6	29.3	
        45-64	1,018.3	128.3	386.4	85.0	410.0	8.6	
    males	
        Total	3,473.4	567.5	1,741.2	438.1	704.2	22.4	
        16-24	41.6	5.1	26.4	5.0	5.1	.	
        25-44	2,669.9	479.2	1,357.1	382.5	435.1	16.0	
        45-64	761.9	83.2	357.7	50.5	264.0	6.5	
    females	
        Total	2,263.0	605.9	263.8	596.3	781.2	15.8	
        16-24	53.4	20.5	5.8	18.2	8.6	0.3	
        25-44	1,953.2	540.4	229.3	543.6	626.5	13.4	
        45-64	256.4	45.1	28.7	34.5	146.0	2.1	
percentage	
    both sexes	
        Total	100.00	20.46	34.95	18.03	25.89	0.67	
        16-24	100.00	26.95	33.85	24.39	14.44	0.36	
        25-44	100.00	22.05	34.32	20.03	22.96	0.63	
        45-64	100.00	12.60	37.95	8.35	40.26	0.85	
    males	
        Total	100.00	16.34	50.13	12.61	20.27	0.65	
        16-24	100.00	12.36	63.47	11.98	12.19	.	
        25-44	100.00	17.95	50.83	14.33	16.30	0.60	
        45-64	100.00	10.92	46.95	6.63	34.65	0.85	
    females	
        Total	100.00	26.77	11.66	26.35	34.52	0.70	
        16-24	100.00	38.31	10.81	34.05	16.20	0.64	
        25-44	100.00	27.67	11.74	27.83	32.08	0.68	
        45-64	100.00	17.58	11.19	13.45	56.94	0.84	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) Own children or partner's children 14 years old or less who live in the household are considered
1) ~'main type of child care service used to look after them,Children looked after by family members'~Also included are neighbours and friends, even though  there is no financial payment for this care.
Source: National Statistics Institute