The first chart below shows the percentages of women and men in a country involved in some kinds (cooking, cleaning, pet caring and repairing the house)
The first bar chart illustrates the proportion of
males
and females
who do household chores, while
the second graph depicts the average time
spent on these tasks by both
genders
. Overall
, cooking is the most common chore among both
males
and females
, while
house
repairs
have the lowest percentage. Although
both
genders
devote most of their time
to cooking, house
repairs
stand the least amount of time
allocation.
The most significant share of housework is allocated to cooking for both
genders
, with the former accounting for 80 per cent
while
the latter is 20 per cent
lower.The second most significant proportion of household chores is cleaning, at 80 and 60 per cent
for males
and females
, respectively. Pet care is similar for those doing housework, with roughly one-fifth of both
genders
taking on this
task. This
is followed by house
repairs
, where the percentage of males
doing this
task is twice as high as that of females
.
Women spend the most time
cooking, with approximately an hour a day, while
men spend roughly 85 minutes behind the kitchen. Cleaning is responsible for the second largest share of time
, accounting for about 65 minutes for females
and 40 minutes for males
.
The figure for pet care remains constant at 20 per cent
for both
genders
. There is a significant difference between the share of house
repairs
by females
about 5 percent on the one hand, and that of males
is lower approximately 15% on the other hand
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