Who cares? The informal childcare gender gap in Poland – spatiotemporal perspective
Who cares? The informal childcare gender gap in Poland – spatiotemporal perspective

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the study was to quantify the gender gap in childcare-related medical leave from work in Poland and to examine its spatial and temporal variations. The analysis was based on statistical data from the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) for the years 2019 and 2024 at the county (powiat) level, employing GIS methods, exploratory spatial data analysis, and statistical tests, including Pearson's correlation coefficient, the paired-samples one-tailed t-test, and the non-parametric pairwise Dunn's test. The results indicate substantial and widening disparities between women and men, with women bearing a disproportionately greater burden. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in the northern and eastern regions of the country.

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