Improving Our Housekeeping
Housework in America reflects interesting patterns. Liana Sayer at the University of Maryland documents that in 1965 the average American woman spent four hours a day on housework while the men just 30 minutes. In 2012 this changed where the woman spent less than two and half hours a day while the men and hour and half. Woman in the U.S, still do about 1.7 times a much as men in 2012 but they also now are more into the workforce. Thus men need to up their output by 70 percent to be as productive as the average woman at housework.
When there is a birth of a child then woman increase their work by three hours a day not including being with the child while men increase their total work by an hour and a half according to a 2015 Ohio State study by Dush and Schoppe-Sulllivan.
Bottom-line is that there is inequalities in household labor. Before parenthood the average man's workweek was three hours longer than his partner's before birth (paid work and unpaid housework, including childcare). However, after birth the man worked eight and half hours less per week than his partner.
How the sexes share in their housework have a great impact on a larger good housekeeping practices. Woman have a critical role in conservation and pollution prevention. Also, men can profit from better environmental improvements not just at home but outside their doors. Such measures plant seeds of hope for future generation not just in the U.S. but all over this earth.
When there is a birth of a child then woman increase their work by three hours a day not including being with the child while men increase their total work by an hour and a half according to a 2015 Ohio State study by Dush and Schoppe-Sulllivan.
Bottom-line is that there is inequalities in household labor. Before parenthood the average man's workweek was three hours longer than his partner's before birth (paid work and unpaid housework, including childcare). However, after birth the man worked eight and half hours less per week than his partner.
How the sexes share in their housework have a great impact on a larger good housekeeping practices. Woman have a critical role in conservation and pollution prevention. Also, men can profit from better environmental improvements not just at home but outside their doors. Such measures plant seeds of hope for future generation not just in the U.S. but all over this earth.
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