72% of Andorran Workers with Minors Face Job Impacts, Survey Reveals

Nearly three-quarters of Andorran workers with caregiving duties for minors report negative job impacts, according to the Department of Statistics' 2025 Labour Force Survey on work-life balance, published Thursday.

The survey indicates that 72.2% of employed individuals with such responsibilities faced career effects, while 27.8% reported none. Affected workers most commonly adjusted schedules without cutting hours (23.7%), changed jobs or employers (23.4%), or dealt with other constraints like reduced availability, promotion hurdles, or altered tasks (52.9%).

Some 24.7% of the 18-to-74 population—equivalent to 17,129 people—reported regular caregiving for children up to age 14, dependents aged 15 or older, or both. Women were more likely to have these duties (26.6%) than men (23%). Childcare was predominant, involving 22.7% or 15,717 people, while care for those 15 and over affected 2.8% or about 1,976 individuals.

Among those caring for minors, 57.4% used childcare services and 42.6% did not. Non-users most often cited high costs (46.2%) or managing care independently or with a partner (36.1%), followed by inadequate options (6.8%), children caring for themselves (3.4%), informal family support (2.5%), or lack of availability (0.4%). Gender differences in service use remained slight.

Long working hours emerged as the top barrier to balancing work and family, cited by 67.5% of salaried workers facing difficulties. Other challenges included demanding or exhausting jobs (11.8%) and unpredictable or inflexible schedules (7.6%).

On leave policies, 89.7% of employed people or those with work experience who had children took maternity or paternity leave. Just 2.5% combined it with additional parental leave, and 7.8% took none.

For comparison, Spain's National Statistics Institute found 33.4% of the 18-to-74 group had caregiving duties, with women more affected in all employment categories.