July 03, 2007 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Household activities in 2006
On an average day in 2006, 84 percent of women and 64 percent of men spent some time doing household activities, such as housework, cooking, lawn care, or financial and other household management.
![Percent of persons 15 years and over who spent time on household activities on an average day, by sex, 2006](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120924225035im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2007/jul/wk1/art02.gif) [Chart data—TXT]
On the days that they did household activities, women spent an average of 2.7 hours on such activities while men spent 2.1 hours.
On an average day, 20 percent of men did housework—such as cleaning or doing laundry—compared with 52 percent of women. Thirty-seven percent of men did food preparation or cleanup, compared with 65 percent of women.
The data in this report are from the American Time Use Survey program. To learn more, see
"American Time Use Survey–2006
Results" (PDF) (HTML), news release USDL 07-0930.
 
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