Spending on benefits for birth and child care has risen to 1,678.5 million euros, showing an increase of 5.1% compared to the same period last year and registering 1,596.5 million during the first half of this year. exercise.
According to the data published by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations -which is collected by Efe-, between January and June 2023, a total of 231,775 birth permits have been processed. Of this number, 109,731 corresponded to the first parent, generally the mother, while 122,044 were assigned to the second parent.
Andalusia (43,262), Catalonia (41,297), Madrid (39,965) and the Valencian Community (23,909), which are also the most populous autonomous communities. During this period, the number of registered leaves of absence has experienced an average increase of 45.5% compared to the same period in 2022.
Maternity leave 8 days more than men
In the first six months of the year, family care leave has risen to 24,942, of which 84.5% have benefited women (21,089) and 15.4% men (3,853).
As regards the average duration of active birth and child care benefits, in the first semester it was 107.2 days in the case of women and 99.2 days in men. By autonomous community, the greatest increases in leave of absence have been registered this semester in Cantabria (72.8%), Galicia (68.6%) and the Canary Islands (61.2%).
