Overview
- Only 28% of women with children under six consider themselves economically independent, and 61% in this group report dependence on a partner.
- Across all respondents, 46% feel very economically independent, with women at 43% versus 46% for men.
- The study finds women in near‑full‑time or full‑time jobs feel as independent as men, pointing to employment intensity as the main driver of the gap.
- Twenty‑two percent of parents say they would work more but cannot due to missing childcare, and 28% of part‑time women want to increase hours.
- Families Minister Karin Prien calls economic equality a constitutional mandate and plans new, expanded, renovated and modernized crèches, day‑care and all‑day care, as BKA data show partnership‑violence cases up roughly 18% over five years with women disproportionately affected.