This factsheet sets out headline findings on work and family lives from Round 7 of the Young Lives survey in Peru, carried out in 2023–24 when the Younger Cohort was 22 years old and the Older Cohort was 29.  It outlines changes in education and learning over time by comparing the Younger Cohort at age 22 with the Older Cohort at the same age in 2016, and exploring the Younger Cohort's progression from age 15 to 22.  The headlines on work and family lives in Peru are: 

• More Younger Cohort participants are studying at age 22 compared to the Older Cohort at the same age in 2016.
• Most young people who are working are engaged in poor-quality jobs, without a written contract and working long hours.
• There is a significant gender difference in the distribution of work, with women less likely to be employed than men and spending more time on unpaid care work.
• Early marriage and early parenthood for women have decreased over time.
• Current employment, fertility and marital status of the participants are closely related to early life inequalities.

This factsheet is one of a series sharing headline findings from Round 7.  In addition to work and family lives, there are factsheets on health, nutrition and well-being, and education and learning in Ethiopia, India and Peru.  You can access all the factsheets on our publications page.