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Article: SOCIAL POLICY / INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY : MEN STILL RELUCTANT TO DO THE HOUSEWORK.(Brief Article)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- March 9, 2006
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That old argument has come up again: are men doing enough to help with household chores?
The Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) recently published a study on the breakdown of daily chores between men and women. It reveals that, in general, the time spent on domestic chores is very similar throughout Europe. Women between the ages of 20 and 74 devote much more of their time to domestic chores than men, ranging from less than 50% in ...