Chore Wars: Men, Women and Housework

According to a representative sample of all American households, according to a survey of recent domestic labor trends, her husband performs housework for seven hours for his wife every week, but his wife does housework for about an hour every week It is.

This research is part of the research by the University of Michigan Revenue Dynamics Group (the longest type of research in the world). This is a study that gathered the economic, health and social behavior of about 8,000 American families since 1968. Data year

Since 1976, the number of women doing housework has decreased, but the number of men who do housework doubled. In 1976, women worked about 26 hours a week for housework; in 2005, they did about 16.5. In 1976 men spent about 6 hours a week, about 12.5 hours in 2005.

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The number of men and women doing housework depends on the presence or absence of a spouse. In 1976, single women of all age groups did housework for nearly 19 hours a week, and married women spent almost 28 hours. In 1976, single men worked for about six hours for men married about 9 hours a week for housework. In 2005, single women were 13 hours a week, married women, about 17 hours a week, about 9 hours a week for married men, about 14 hours a week for married men, regardless of age. These figures include all single and married men and women regardless of the number of children.

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The graph shows that married women without children had more than 17 hours a week, while in 2005 the single women without children are doing housework more than 10 hours a week. The only difference? The husband's presence costs seven hours of domestic work per week. For men, the reverse is true. Single men without children spend eight hours a week to do the housework, but married men without children do housework more than seven hours a week. Therefore, the wife saves about an hour of work per week.

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Frank Stafford, an economist at the University of Michigan, tells why women have reached nearly the same time in nearly 30 years from the initial survey even though there are more double income households than in 1976 I will give you. This year there are more, but this trend continues

Sharing chores will help the couple maintain sexual relations. In a survey of thousands of people, the more men doing housework, the more sex is found. Interestingly, the same is true for women. The real difference between my husband and my wife is their overall energy for all things, not whether they have completed the chores. A couple sharing more domestic working hours is said to be equal to a higher frequency of sex life. Yes, sexual life is more frequent among couples who spend more time on traditional "masculine" trials (such as car repair and garden work) while men engaged in this "female" "A little trivia. As a dish or cleaning. I sometimes wonder about myself sometimes whether women are male chores to some extent, and these family chores are considered women in most cases.

The number of men and women doing housework depends on the presence or absence of a spouse. In 1976, single women of all age groups did housework for nearly 19 hours a week, and married women spent almost 28 hours. In 1976, single men worked for about six hours for men married about 9 hours a week for housework. In 2005, single women were 13 hours a week, married women, about 17 hours a week, about 9 hours a week for married men, about 14 hours a week for married men, regardless of age. These figures include all single and married men and women regardless of the number of children.

The graph shows that married women without children had more than 17 hours a week, while in 2005 the single women without children are doing housework more than 10 hours a week. The only difference? The husband's presence costs seven hours of domestic work per week. For men, the reverse is true. Single men without children spend eight hours a week to do the housework, but married men without children do housework more than seven hours a week. Therefore, the wife saves about an hour of work per week.