In 2021, the daily average time spent on housework and related tasks among married couples with children aged under six years in Japan amounted to seven hours and 28 minutes for wives and one hour and 54 minutes for husbands. While wives spent nearly four times as much time on housework as husbands, the daily time spent on housework by husbands increased by 31 minutes compared to five years earlier.
Time spent on housework and related tasks per day by married couples in Japan from 2001 to 2021, by gender
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (August 31, 2022). Time spent on housework and related tasks per day by married couples in Japan from 2001 to 2021, by gender (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419616/japan-weekly-time-use-married-couples-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Time spent on housework and related tasks per day by married couples in Japan from 2001 to 2021, by gender (in minutes)." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419616/japan-weekly-time-use-married-couples-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Time spent on housework and related tasks per day by married couples in Japan from 2001 to 2021, by gender (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419616/japan-weekly-time-use-married-couples-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Time Spent on Housework and Related Tasks per Day by Married Couples in Japan from 2001 to 2021, by Gender (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1419616/japan-weekly-time-use-married-couples-housework-by-gender/
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