United States - Time spent on unpaid work
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day)
The value for Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, female (% of 24 hour day) in United States was 15.33 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.63 in 2004 and a minimum value of 15.21 in 2011.
Definition: The average time women spend on household provision of services for own consumption. Data are expressed as a proportion of time in a day. Domestic and care work includes food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning and upkeep of a dwelling, laundry, ironing, gardening, caring for pets, shopping, installation, servicing and repair of personal and household goods, childcare, and care of the sick, elderly or disabled household members, among others.
Source: National statistical offices or national database and publications compiled by United Nations Statistics Division
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Year | Value |
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2003 | 16.54 |
2004 | 16.63 |
2005 | 16.50 |
2006 | 16.25 |
2007 | 16.08 |
2008 | 15.63 |
2009 | 15.92 |
2010 | 15.29 |
2011 | 15.21 |
2012 | 15.29 |
2013 | 15.58 |
2014 | 15.54 |
2015 | 15.88 |
2016 | 15.92 |
2017 | 15.42 |
2018 | 15.38 |
2019 | 15.33 |
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day)
The value for Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day) in United States was 9.67 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.96 in 2007 and a minimum value of 9.33 in 2012.
Definition: The average time men spend on household provision of services for own consumption. Data are expressed as a proportion of time in a day. Domestic and care work includes food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning and upkeep of a dwelling, laundry, ironing, gardening, caring for pets, shopping, installation, servicing and repair of personal and household goods, childcare, and care of the sick, elderly or disabled household members, among others.
Source: National statistical offices or national database and publications compiled by United Nations Statistics Division
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Year | Value |
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2003 | 9.88 |
2004 | 9.79 |
2005 | 9.67 |
2006 | 9.58 |
2007 | 9.96 |
2008 | 9.42 |
2009 | 9.75 |
2010 | 9.88 |
2011 | 9.67 |
2012 | 9.33 |
2013 | 9.71 |
2014 | 9.71 |
2015 | 9.75 |
2016 | 9.79 |
2017 | 9.88 |
2018 | 9.54 |
2019 | 9.67 |
Classification
Topic: Gender Indicators
Sub-Topic: Participation & access