In 2021, married women with children aged under six years in Japan spent an average of seven hours and 28 minutes on housework and related task per day, including childcare. Husbands spent only about one hour and 54 minutes per day on the same tasks.
Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (August 31, 2022). Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes)." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2022). Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Time Spent on Housework per Day by Married Couples in Japan in 2021, by Gender (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Time spent on housework per day by married couples in Japan in 2021, by gender (in minutes) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, August 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/858352/japan-time-spent-housework-by-gender/