Fig 3. Division of housework (A) and childcare (B) before COVID-19 and subsequent changes during lockdown.

Reading example: The histogram indicates the division of unpaid work before and according changes during the lockdown. The height of the bars state the number of couples divided into three coloured categories. Regarding housework (A): before the pandemic 152 couples shared housework equally (scale no. 5). For 92 of those couples nothing changed during the lockdown (blue bar). In 38 couples the female partner took on a larger share during the lockdown compared to before (green bar), whereas the opposite (male partner took on a larger share) holds true for the remaining 24 couples (grey-purple bar).