Social Inclusion Content

Work-life balance policies that strengthen job stability can contribute to increasing fertility by improving compatibility between work and motherhood, but they also pose challenges for female recruitment.

The «cheque bebé» was a payment designed to incentivise the birth rate, however its effect was limited. Although it helped some families to decide, difficulty in reconciling work and motherhood has continued to be the main obstacle to having more children.

Households in Spain and Portugal underwent significant change between 1991 and 2022. This report shows how the average household size has decreased, the number of single-person households has increased, and shared living structures have undergone transformation according to age and gender.

What is more important than salary? Flexibility, short commutes, and a good working environment... although the biggest difference emerges when safety against harassment comes into play.

Automation and artificial intelligence have increased the wage gap in Spain, which underlines the urgent need to adapt training and labour policies to the digital transformation.

Relocation to more polluted areas can cause weight gain in children. This study highlights the importance of acting on environments and community strategies for prevention.

The study confirms that primary healthcare could be a key area for the detection of gender-based violence. However, many victims do not go to health services after suffering an episode of violence, which makes it difficult to identify numerous cases.

The study highlights the role of social support and resilience as protective factors against suicidal behaviour in young people, while the problematic use of social networks acts as a risk factor. The results reflect a high prevalence of such behaviours: 25.9% of young people have self-harmed, 30.6% have experienced suicidal ideation, and 10.6% have attempted suicide.

In recent years, suicidal behaviours among young people have become consolidated as one of the main causes of non-natural deaths in this age group. This study analyses the prevalence of such behaviours and the associated risk and protection factors in students aged between 16 and 22 years in Catalonia.

How is social inequality distributed in Spain? The upper and middle classes account for 33%, the middle and lower-middle classes for 24%, and the low and very low classes for 43% of the population. Immigrants represent 16% across the classes, with differences based on their origins.