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07/11/2013
The study found that, in an average week, British women spend 11 more hours on household issues than their husbands – while also putting in three hours less in paid work.
The figures put the UK at 19th place out of 28 in the OECD's table of gender equality in household chores.
Countries were couples divide housework more evenly include the United States, Finland, Estonia, Austria, Germany and Denmark. Italy, on the other hand, has the largest gender gap when it comes to chores with women working 21 hours more each week than men.
Commenting on the findings, the Better Life Index reports: "Women continue to bear the brunt of household tasks despite their increasing participation in the labour market.
"As time is a scarce resource, more time devoted to unpaid work often means less leisure, with negative consequences on wellbeing."
It added that "large responsibilities for household work impinge directly on women's decisions to participate in the labour market, the hours they put in and their investment in human capital, reinforcing gender inequalities in access to economic opportunities and resources."
For women, it can also lead to the "double burden of holding a job and looking after the family [which] can generate time deprivation and stress, with negative effects on life satisfaction and health."
Elsewhere in the study, women were also more likely to have less time to spend on having fun and looking after themselves, and while women are more likely to multitask by carrying out two domestic tasks at the same – i.e. childcare and cooking – men are likely to combine one chore with a "leisure" task; that is, "looking after the children while reading the newspaper".
"As a result, men tend to associate more positive feelings with multitasking than women do," the report concluded.
(JP/CD)
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Women Work Harder Than Men – Study
It has been revealed that women in Britain carry out more unpaid housework and childcare than most other women in the world, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The study found that, in an average week, British women spend 11 more hours on household issues than their husbands – while also putting in three hours less in paid work.
The figures put the UK at 19th place out of 28 in the OECD's table of gender equality in household chores.
Countries were couples divide housework more evenly include the United States, Finland, Estonia, Austria, Germany and Denmark. Italy, on the other hand, has the largest gender gap when it comes to chores with women working 21 hours more each week than men.
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Commenting on the findings, the Better Life Index reports: "Women continue to bear the brunt of household tasks despite their increasing participation in the labour market.
"As time is a scarce resource, more time devoted to unpaid work often means less leisure, with negative consequences on wellbeing."
It added that "large responsibilities for household work impinge directly on women's decisions to participate in the labour market, the hours they put in and their investment in human capital, reinforcing gender inequalities in access to economic opportunities and resources."
For women, it can also lead to the "double burden of holding a job and looking after the family [which] can generate time deprivation and stress, with negative effects on life satisfaction and health."
Elsewhere in the study, women were also more likely to have less time to spend on having fun and looking after themselves, and while women are more likely to multitask by carrying out two domestic tasks at the same – i.e. childcare and cooking – men are likely to combine one chore with a "leisure" task; that is, "looking after the children while reading the newspaper".
"As a result, men tend to associate more positive feelings with multitasking than women do," the report concluded.
(JP/CD)
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