Transcript: Study Shows Girls Get Bulk of Household Chores

ANDREA SEABROOK
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
12-17-2006
Study Shows Girls Get Bulk of Household Chores

Host: ANDREA SEABROOK
Time 12:00-13:00 PM


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Children's household chores have traditionally been assigned by gender. Girls vacuumed and washed dishes while boys took out the garbage and mowed the lawn. In the last 30 years, as more and more women entered the workforce, relations between the sexes have changed a lot. But a new study shows that when it comes to chores, they haven't much. NPR's Allison Keyes reports.

ALLISON KEYES: On a recent night at the Border's household in Friendship Heights, Maryland, 13-year-old Caroline helps her mother set up ...

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