most of them work and are either paid mainly the men or unpaid primarily the women showing a trend of early and unequal sexual division of labour rico andtrucco according to the information garnered from timeuse surveys like the situation among older persons adolescent girls spend more hours per week on work overall paid and unpaid than adolescent boys which also reflects the limited time available for leisure and recreational activities sports and community participation cespedes and robles as highlighted in social panorama of latin america eclac g accelerated population ageing will become the most relevant demographic trend in the region the number of dependent older persons is expected to increase more than the number of people who can provide the care they potentially need