Comments on: Chores and Marriage http://economicwoman.com/2008/05/04/chores-and-marriage/ Econometrics, gender, equity and more. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The mom salary, or lack thereof « economic woman http://economicwoman.com/2008/05/04/chores-and-marriage/#comment-173 The mom salary, or lack thereof « economic woman Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:31:57 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-173 [...] study, but strangely enough I couldn’t find it. There are studies on hours of work - remember this post - but there must be some child care equivalent of this study on the economic value of informal [...] [...] study, but strangely enough I couldn’t find it. There are studies on hours of work – remember this post – but there must be some child care equivalent of this study on the economic value of informal [...]

]]> By: Thomas Masterson http://economicwoman.com/2008/05/04/chores-and-marriage/#comment-59 Thomas Masterson Thu, 15 May 2008 21:22:15 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-59 Here are (better) numbers for 2004: Average Weekly Hours by Sex and Marital Status _____________Market___House__Total __| Single Female _| 18.65 _|_ 23.26 _|_ 41.81 _| Married Female | 21.46 _|_ 34.16 _|_ 55.62 _| Single Male ___| 22.76 _|_ 13.93 _|_ 46.73 _| Married Male __| 34.01 _|_ 20.64 _|_ 54.65 _| Here are (better) numbers for 2004:
Average Weekly Hours by Sex and Marital Status
_____________Market___House__Total __|
Single Female _| 18.65 _|_ 23.26 _|_ 41.81 _|
Married Female | 21.46 _|_ 34.16 _|_ 55.62 _|
Single Male ___| 22.76 _|_ 13.93 _|_ 46.73 _|
Married Male __| 34.01 _|_ 20.64 _|_ 54.65 _|

]]> By: Thomas Masterson http://economicwoman.com/2008/05/04/chores-and-marriage/#comment-58 Thomas Masterson Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:36 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-58 Our research into household economic wellbeing use time-use (American Time Use Survey) data and find that, indeed women do more work overall: for 2000 the breakdown is, [hours per year (2000), average, over 19] men women market 1,636 1,120 house 949 1,527 total 2,585 2,647 Look for more recent numbers on our site later this year. Our research into household economic wellbeing use time-use (American Time Use Survey) data and find that, indeed women do more work overall: for 2000 the breakdown is,

[hours per year (2000), average, over 19]
men women
market 1,636 1,120
house 949 1,527
total 2,585 2,647

Look for more recent numbers on our site later this year.

]]> By: Division of Labor http://economicwoman.com/2008/05/04/chores-and-marriage/#comment-33 Division of Labor Tue, 06 May 2008 02:30:24 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-33 [...] Woman has a post out on a study that shows how the division of housework changes post-wedding day. Women, it turns out, do seven hours of housework more per week after they marry than they did [...] [...] Woman has a post out on a study that shows how the division of housework changes post-wedding day. Women, it turns out, do seven hours of housework more per week after they marry than they did [...]

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