Household Chores.
Gender gaps remain over work time, chore time: StatsCan
"The study defined core housework as activities such as meal preparation, meal cleanup, indoor cleaning and laundry."
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"For him, time spent doing housework rises along with her income, while for her, the time falls. On the other hand, regardless of her husband's income level, a wife 's time spent on housework stays the same.
When wives have an income of $100,000 or more, it was found, the division of paid labour and housework within couples is more likely to be split equally. In these couples, each partner spent about 6.5 hours per day on paid work and 1.5 hours on housework.
With income, of course, comes the means to pay for domestic help. The 2004 Survey of Household Spending found that only seven per cent of households that earned less than $40,000 paid for domestic help, spending an average of $813. This compared with 43 per cent of households with incomes of $160,000 or more, who spent $2,150."
So basically if SHE has more money, SHE pays for extra help of a house cleaner. With money comes power.
The thing with housework is that it does not take into consideration of the planning of when things get done and by whom. The Hubby does his own laundry but I think about all the linens. It never occurs to him to do it, or I should say do it to my specifications. There are other issues like shift work which can drain your energy and make doing simple chores difficult.
"The study defined core housework as activities such as meal preparation, meal cleanup, indoor cleaning and laundry."
...
"For him, time spent doing housework rises along with her income, while for her, the time falls. On the other hand, regardless of her husband's income level, a wife 's time spent on housework stays the same.
When wives have an income of $100,000 or more, it was found, the division of paid labour and housework within couples is more likely to be split equally. In these couples, each partner spent about 6.5 hours per day on paid work and 1.5 hours on housework.
With income, of course, comes the means to pay for domestic help. The 2004 Survey of Household Spending found that only seven per cent of households that earned less than $40,000 paid for domestic help, spending an average of $813. This compared with 43 per cent of households with incomes of $160,000 or more, who spent $2,150."
So basically if SHE has more money, SHE pays for extra help of a house cleaner. With money comes power.
The thing with housework is that it does not take into consideration of the planning of when things get done and by whom. The Hubby does his own laundry but I think about all the linens. It never occurs to him to do it, or I should say do it to my specifications. There are other issues like shift work which can drain your energy and make doing simple chores difficult.