Around 50 percent of Tokyo residents viewed improving communication within the family as a change required to promote men's participation in housework and childcare, according to a survey conducted in June 2021. In the same survey, women reported spending twice as much time on household chores as men.
Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021
among residents of Tokyo Metropolis; multiple answers possible
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
*2,500 male and 2,500 female respondents, including 1,000 women and 1,000 men with pre-school age children who live with their spouse.
Original question: "What do you think is necessary to promote men's participation in housework and childcare?"
Tokyo metropolis is one of the 47 prefectures in Japan. It consists of 23 special wards and 39 other municipalities, including 26 cities, five towns, and eight villages.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (November 26, 2021). Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. "Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021." Chart. November 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (2021). Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. "Opinion among Tokyo Residents on Changes Required to Advance Men's Participation in Housework and Childcare in Japan as of June 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Opinion among Tokyo residents on changes required to advance men's participation in housework and childcare in Japan as of June 2021 [Graph], Tokyo Metropolitan Government, November 26, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321314/japan-changes-promote-men-involvement-housework-childcare-tokyo/
