In 2021, child care accounted for the largest amount of time spent on unpaid work per day by married couples with children aged under six years in Japan. The daily time spent on child care differed greatly between husbands and wives, with wives spending an average of three hours and 37 minutes on child care, compared with 66 minutes invested by husbands.
Time spent on unpaid work per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender and task
(in minutes)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (August 31, 2022). Time spent on unpaid work per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender and task (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1420840/japan-time-use-married-couples-unpaid-work-by-gender-and-task/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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