Unpaid work in 2020 Women did 50% more domestic and family work than men in 2020 - but men catching up

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Women did 50% more domestic and family work than men in 2020 - but men catching up

20.05.2021 - In 2020, the total time spent on paid and unpaid work was roughly 46 hours per week for both men and women. Women consistently spent more time on domestic and family work than did men
(28.7 hours per week compared with 19.1 hours). For men the opposite held true: on average they spent more time on paid employment (25.3 hours per week compared with 15.8 hours by women). The amount of time men spend on domestic and family work has, however, been increasing since 2010, while their paid working hours have declined. These are some of the findings from the Federal Statistical Office’s (FSO) Swiss Labour Force Survey.

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Observation period
2020
Spatial division
Switzerland
Published by
Federal Statistical Office
FSO number
2021-0410-e
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Published on:
20.05.2021
Topic:
Work and income

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