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
|