Inequality between women and men
Because of equality: cooking women, cleaning women, ironing women – men sometimes repair something
Women work more per week – but for the most part in unpaid work. It gets particularly strict for families with young children.
Who cooks? Who cleans? Who does the laundry? In Swiss households, the answer is mostly: women. As new figures from the Federal Office for Statistics around home and family work show, women still invest significantly more time in work at home. You turn an average of 32.4 hours a week for household work, and men are 22 hours.
All homework was actually broken down exactly. In almost all areas, the woman does the majority of work. The gender ditch is particularly great in « preparing food » and « cleaning, tidying up ». The men only do more than women in “administrative work” and “manual activities” – however, these are also the areas with the slightest effort per week.
The statisticians have examined how much is being worked in Switzerland. Both unpaid and paid work. This shows that women have a higher overall overall burden. You turn an average of 57.2 hours a week. That is almost exactly 3 hours more than the average workload of the men. The distribution is different for this: While women spend 61 percent of their working hours for unpaid activities, men are paid for 58 percent of their time.
With large children, the burden drops
The general workload becomes much more intensely when there are still children under the age of 15. Although the effort for both genders increases, it is around 2 hours less for men. Overall, the Federal Statistics Office for Families with children under the age of 15 calculates a workload of 77.5 hours for women and 73 hours for men.
The (at least a bit) good news for all families at the load limit: if the youngest child is older than 15, the average burden is significantly reduced. For women, it is 20 hours that have to be spent less week (at least around 15 hours for men). While the men always spend about the same amount of time for paid work, it is striking that women with young children significantly reduce their workload. (mg)
