Amount of Time Devoted to Housework and Maintenance Daily by Population Aged 18 to 60, on an Average Autumn Day (minutes)
Amount of Time Devoted to Housework and Maintenance Daily by Population Aged 18 to 60, on an Average Autumn Day (minutes)
Activities
|
1986
|
1999
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
men
|
women
|
both
|
men
|
women
|
both
| |
Cooking, setting table, and serving food
|
9
|
77
|
44
|
13
|
77
|
46
|
Washing up
|
3
|
28
|
16
|
4
|
28
|
16
|
Cleaning and putting home in order
|
7
|
37
|
23
|
9
|
35
|
22
|
Washing and ironing
|
1
|
36
|
19
|
2
|
27
|
15
|
Mending and sewing clothes
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
Caring for parents
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Conventional housework combined
|
20
|
192
|
109
|
28
|
172
|
102
|
Cleaning garden, yard, and sidewalk
|
8
|
5
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
10
|
Heating house and carrying water
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
Other household jobs
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
Jobs around the house combined
|
20
|
11
|
15
|
26
|
12
|
19
|
Repairing vehicle, equipment, and furniture
|
10
|
0
|
5
|
9
|
0
|
4
|
Repair and maintenance work and construction
jobs combined |
22
|
3
|
12
|
17
|
2
|
9
|
Household and maintenance work combined
|
62
|
206
|
136
|
71
|
186
|
130
|
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (KSH) Lifestyle and Schedule Surveyt
Arcanum Newspapers
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