"Having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, tying the knot saves an hour of weekly chores.
"It's a well-known pattern," said lead researcher Frank Stafford, an economist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "Men tend to work more outside the home, while women take on more of the household labor."
He points out individual differences among households exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. "And the situation gets worse for women when they have children," Stafford said.
Overall, times are a' changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are pitching in more, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Stafford analyzed time-diaries and questionnaires from a nationally representative sample of men and women over a 10-year period between 1996 and 2005. The federally-funded study showed that, compared with the single life, marriage meant more housework for both men and women.
"Marriage is no longer a man's path to less housework," Stafford said. " from LiveScience.com I can only imagine that a man wrote this article, as the study was obviously done by a MAN..........I really wonder how much money went into this study and time??? Someone should've called my mom! She could have told them the straight facts really quick, as could my Nana because I know that woman spent 20 hours a day just pick'n up the newspapers around Papa Argus' recliner!!!!!
"It's a well-known pattern," said lead researcher Frank Stafford, an economist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. "Men tend to work more outside the home, while women take on more of the household labor."
He points out individual differences among households exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. "And the situation gets worse for women when they have children," Stafford said.
Overall, times are a' changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are pitching in more, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.
Stafford analyzed time-diaries and questionnaires from a nationally representative sample of men and women over a 10-year period between 1996 and 2005. The federally-funded study showed that, compared with the single life, marriage meant more housework for both men and women.
"Marriage is no longer a man's path to less housework," Stafford said. " from LiveScience.com I can only imagine that a man wrote this article, as the study was obviously done by a MAN..........I really wonder how much money went into this study and time??? Someone should've called my mom! She could have told them the straight facts really quick, as could my Nana because I know that woman spent 20 hours a day just pick'n up the newspapers around Papa Argus' recliner!!!!!
2 comments:
No comment.
Virg,
You're Chicken to comment cuz Mary might whip ya! Ya know it's the truth.....can't ya stand it???? No wonder we want to run away at times....just be glad we come back!
luv, luv,
Sally
Post a Comment