A new study on how Americans spend their time at home reveals a distinct gap in terms of who's doing what when it comes to housework. Between the dishes, vacuuming, dusting, yard work, and laundry, the work required to keep a home running isn’t equally shared. The good news is that men are getting better at putting in the time. New data from the Pew Research Center takes a closer look at how those hours break down, tracking how much time men and women spend on housework each day, and it doesn’t come anywhere near being equal. Cutting to the chase, women are still doing more, and by a meaningful margin. On average, women spend 2 hours 19 minutes a day doing housework, while men spend 1 hour and 34 minutes. Despite increasing female labor force participation, women still handle most unpaid domestic labor, a persistent imbalance that leads to roughly 13% less free time than men.
