Table 4
Summary statistics on the value of unpaid household work by method and sex, 2015 to 2019

Summary statistics on the value of unpaid household work by method and sex, 2015 to 2019
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours
Women
Hours of unpaid household work	19,001	19,001	19,001	19,001	19,001
	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars
Net opportunity cost	392,489	405,754	412,406	424,386	437,447
Gross opportunity cost	439,247	453,028	459,920	474,510	489,736
Replacement cost	302,730	311,155	318,847	335,667	341,336
	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours	millions of hours
Men
Hours of unpaid household work	12,591	12,591	12,591	12,591	12,591
	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars	millions of dollars
Net opportunity cost	290,334	296,823	301,442	308,276	317,496
Gross opportunity cost	338,991	345,856	351,038	359,873	370,414
Replacement cost	214,185	219,702	224,658	235,514	240,310
	%	%	%	%	%
Women's share of total
Hours of unpaid household work	60.1	60.1	60.1	60.1	60.1
Net opportunity cost	57.5	57.8	57.8	57.9	57.9
Gross opportunity cost	56.4	56.7	56.7	56.9	56.9
Replacement cost	58.6	58.6	58.7	58.8	58.7

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