This study extends Hersch and Stratton's research on
housework and wages.
EASY LIVING: Robots do
housework on the cartoon The Jetsons.
Doing
housework, found 70% of women finding it a satisfying activity compared to 47% of men.
Among them are the increasing educational and skill levels of women and the resulting increases in their opportunity cost for staying out of the paid labor force, the changing nature of paid jobs that make them more attractive to women, the decline of large families, the increased availability of labor-saving devices for
housework, and changing societal ideas about women's financial earning ability and independence (Blau, Ferber, and Winkler 1998; Walker 1969).
Older men and women who engage in more
housework might have better health.
Exactly what are dads doing while moms are taking care of
housework or tending to their child?
THE jury's out as to whether or not men do
housework but in my house it's your's truly who puts out the washing and the bins.
Rachel and Rodger are proof that communication and managing
housework together could lead to a happier relationship.
A recent report has indicated that, between 1961 and 2005, the amount of
housework undertaken by men doubled from 24 minutes a day to 48 while women's
housework dropped from 219 minutes per day to 122.
HOME SWEAT HOME: PERSPECTIVES ON
HOUSEWORK & MODERN RELATIONSHIPS.
A great deal is known about the division of
housework by gender in married households (Bianchi, Milkie, Sayer, & Robinson, 2000; Bianchi, Sayer, Robinson, & Milkie, 2012; Coltrane, 2000; Craig, 2006), but less is known about the distribution of chores in a subset of families: those where fathers are caregivers (Doucet, 2006).
ISLAMABAD -- Researchers say a drop in the amount of time spent on
housework has contributed to the obesity epidemic.
