Table 2.

Housework and childcare

Partners working at the usual workplace	Partners working from home	Partners not working because of the emergency
(a) Percentage of men and women doing more housework during the COVID-19 emergency by working arrangement
Women working at the usual workplace
Women 49%	Women 40%	Women 61%
Partners 28%	Partners 55%	Partners 58%
N = 57	N = 20	N = 33
Women working from home
Women 78%	Women 65%	Women 64%
Partners 28%	Partners 40%	Partners 58%
N = 65	N = 111	N = 55
Women not working because of the emergency
Women 82%	Women 81%	Women 74%
Partners 22%	Partners 24%	Partners 47%
N = 49	N = 27	N = 103

The sample is made up of coupled women where both partners were working before the emergency (N = 520)
(b) Percentage of men and women spending more hours on childcare during the COVID-19 emergency by working arrangement
Women working at the usual workplace
Women 45%	Women 45%	Women 31%
Partners 40%	Partners 36%	Partners 54%
N = 40	N = 11	N = 26
Women working from home
Women 54%	Women 77%	Women 60%
Partners 37%	Partners 60%	Partners 60%
N = 41	N = 73	N = 35
Women not working because of the emergency
Women 70%	Women 68%	Women 71%
Partners 38%	Partners 63%	Partners 59%
N = 37	N = 19	N = 68
The sample is made up of coupled women where both partners were working before the emergency (N = 350)