Schier, Michaela, and Karin Jurczyk., 2008.

 

Since the Seventh Family Report takes place in Germany, the concept of family as a manufacturing power, wide input into the debate about family. That familial advanced services into the limelight, it is first due to the conversion from time budget data into economic benchmarks. They show that the time required for services in private households is significantly higher than for employment. For the so-called 'unpaid work 1.7 times was spent on time compared to gainful employment in 2001. The conversion values ​​in the gross national product shows that the value of households in 2001 approximately to that of the manufacturing industry equivalent (excluding construction) and the area of trade, hotels and restaurants and transport together.