The bar chart illustrates average time spend by each gender performing 6 different household chores in Great Britain.
In brief, women spend more time on domestic chores than men. Specifically males are more active on duties located around the home while women do more inside the home.
Overall, female work significantly more than men on works like cooking, washing, cleaning and child nurturing while men spend their majority of time on works like gardening, pet caring and odd jobs.
Delving into specifics, females lead substantially in the kitchen, dedicating an average of 74 minutes per day to cooking, baking, and washing up, more than double the time spent by males. This trend of female dominance continues with cleaning and house tidying, where females invest 58 minutes daily, compared to just 13 minutes by their male counterparts. Childcare is another area where females are the primary contributors, spending 45 minutes per day, which is more than double the male contribution.
In contrast, the division of household tasks by gender in Great Britain shifts as we consider outdoor and less routine tasks. Males dedicate nearly 50 minutes to gardening and pet care, surpassing females by a significant margin of more than 100%. Similarly, when it comes to maintenance and odd jobs, males allocate more time, with a notable 26 minutes per day, which is nearly triple the time spend by women.