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
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
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