Women especially bemoan the lack of time available for their families, which is why part-time work seems ideal for a majority of them. There is no desire, however, to return to being full-time homemakers. Many women in Europe view family values as a personal commitment to caring for family members and as a question of improving personal relationships. Only a minority see this term as referring to a traditional family structure. Both men and women believe that European men's roles within the family are changing.
Women are more concerned that they give more than they get.
Success for women at work or at home is determined by their capacity to care well for or meet the needs of others and their ability to do the job right for others. Pay is a major motivator for women to seek work outside the home but is not the main criterion of success for employed women. Women view their environment as unpredictable. Women worry about crime and safety in their neighbourhoods, about unemployment and redundancy at work. Perhaps because of these concerns, women see caring as a core value.