The official objectives of the policy will be chosen according to and motivated by the specific local/national context. More specifically, the employment and social situation in a given region or country will help to determine and justify the selected objectives. Below, we present some key indicators that will provide crucial information on the context of the country/region.

• The existence of an undeclared market (see Eurobarometer data):
  • The share of undeclared work;
  • The price of undeclared PHS;

• The unemployment situation (see Eurostat data):
  • The unemployment rate (by level of qualification);

• The work-life balance and needs for PHS in the population according to its structure (see Eurostat data):
  • The female activity rate;
  • The fertility rate;
  • The share of personal and household work conducted by women (versus men) at home;
  • The dependency ratio;
  • The percentage of single-parent families;
  • The share of bi-active households;

• The characteristics of the current formal market:
  • The share of formal PHS before the introduction of the measure;
  • The cost of formal childcare and elderly care (EU-SILC data)