Table 5
Average daily time spent on paid work and housework for individual in a dual-earner couple at ages 20 to 29

Table 5
Average daily time spent on paid work and housework for individual in a dual-earner couple at ages 20 to 29
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average daily time spent on paid work and housework for individual in a dual-earner couple at ages 20 to 29. This information is grouped by Paid work, Housework , Wife's proportion, men and women (appearing as column headers), calculated using hours and percentage as a unit of measure.
	Paid work			Housework			Wife's proportion
	Both sexes	Men†	Women	Both sexes	Men†	Women	Paid work	Housework
	hours						percentage
Generation X	13.3	6.9	6.4	3.2	1.3	1.9*	48	59
No children at home	14.0	7.2	6.8	3.3	1.4	1.9	48	57
Has children	11.7	6.4	5.4	3.2	1.2	2.0	46	61
Generation Y	14.1	7.5	6.7	3.1	1.5	1.7	47	53
No children at home	13.5	6.5	7.0	3.2	1.7	1.5	52	48
Has children	14.1	9.0	5.1^E*	3.4	1.2	2.1^E	36	64
† reference group * statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05 Note: For the population, time per day is averaged over 7 days. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 1998 and 2010.

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