Table 2.
Division of housework in family.
| Activity | Mother N (%) |
Spouse N (%) |
Other Resident N (%) |
Parents Living Elsewhere N (%) |
Children Living Elsewhere N (%) |
Other Non-Resident N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery Shopping | 270 (84.4) | 113 (35.3) | 72 (22.5) | 31 (9.7) | 0 | 4 (1.3) |
| Cooking meals | 186 (58.1) | 67 (20.9) | 123 (38.4) | 40 (12.5) | 0 | 7 (2.2) |
| Laundry | 207 (64.7) | 64 (20.1) | 125 (39.1) | 14 (4.4) | 1 (0.3) | 7 (2.2) |
| Cleaning your house | 209 (65.3) | 71 (22.2) | 126 (39.4) | 16 (5.0) | 1 (0.3) | 9 (2.8) |
| Repair work | 74 (23.1) | 228 (71.3) | 32 (10.0) | 15 (4.7) | 0 | 30 (9.4) |
| Take care of parents | 128 (40.1) | 69 (21.6) | 30 (9.4) | 56 (17.5) | 1 (0.3) | 8 (2.5) |
| Take care of children | 282 (88.1) | 103 (32.2) | 66 (20.6) | 29 (9.1) | 0 | 2 (0.6) |
| Tutor children | 309 (96.6) | 150 (46.9) | 42 (13.1) | 30 (9.4) | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1.3) |
| Play with children | 285 (89.1) | 187 (58.4) | 58 (18.1) | 36 (11.3) | 8 (2.5) | 3 (0.9) |
| Shopping for other daily needs | 278 (86.9) | 114 (35.6) | 68 (21.3) | 23 (7.2) | 0 | 4 (1.3) |