Chart 2
Average time women and men spend per day on unpaid domestic work 1986 and 2005
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This is a vertically stacked bar graph breaking down the average time per day men and women spent on unpaid work activities in 1986 and 2005.
The Y axis is measured by hours per day and increases by increments of one from 0 up to 6.
On the X axis from left to right are women and women. Both groups include data for two years: 1986 and 2005.
Each bar represents the total average hours worked per day, disaggregated by basic unpaid household work on the bottom and child care and shopping above.
The data points for total unpaid work hours are 4.8 and 4.3 for women in 1986 and 2005 respectively; and 2.1 and 2.5 for men.
Within the bars, the hours per day women devoted to basic household chores declined from 2.8 in 1986 to 2.4 in 2005 while there was no real change in the time devoted to child care and shopping. For men, the basic household work increased from 1.0 hours per day in 1986 to 1.4 in 2005, while there also was no change in the time devoted to other domestic work activities.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey
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