Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 3-May-23

In Australia, women consistently undertake more unpaid domestic work – which includes grocery shopping, food preparation, laundry, gardening, home and vehicle maintenance, caring for children and paying bills – than men. The March 2023 Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey reveals that women with children bear the brunt of these demands and that cost or availability of external support services as well as a lack of support from friends and families are key contributing factors. Greater flexibility to work from home could help reduce that burden. The survey shows that women do 23.1 hours of unpaid domestic work per week compared to men’s 15.3 hours. This difference is not solely attributable to gender variance in time spent at work; even when women are in full-time employment, they spend almost four hours more doing household chores than men (17.4 hours vs 13.8 hours). The gender gap exists across all age groups, but is most pronounced between ages 35 and 64, corresponding to child-rearing and pre-retirement stages in people’s lifecycle. This report is based on a total of 1,005 adult respondents from data collected in March 2023. To view all Melbourne Institute – Roy Morgan Taking The Pulse of the Nation Reports visit the TTPN website portal: https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/data/ttpn.

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