Sunday, October 26, 2008
Americans do not like to do housework?
We have often heard this point of view, when the increase in income, people spend on housework time will be reduced. This appears to be a correct theory is weak. When we survey the average American family spent a week on housework time, they found different results. In my research, I will be home restrict the scope of work for cooking, cleaning and caring for the elderly and children, shopping and management of the entire family. Based on thousands of samples of the family, I found: In 2005, at the age of 18-64 year-old American women between the average weekly time spent on housework in 1900 than in the young 18 hours, however, the same age Men spend on housework time is an increase of 13 hours. As the children age and changes in the number of housewives and the rising level of education, from 1900-1965, at the age of 18-64 years old between the United States housewives (not working) spent a week at home to reduce the time of 6 hours . In addition, the use of electricity, running water and washing machines, increased domestic output and efficiency, but in 1965 did not make time for housework significantly reduced. So far in 1965, housewives spent a week on housework time and a reduction of 7 hours. When added to our research for the elderly and children to show a complete family of the time spent on housework, and taking into account family size, we find that since 1900, U.S. households spent on housework time was not much Change. Although the time spent on housework has not changed, but the specific details of the home are significant differences. In the 1960s, a housewife in the cooking and laundry on the time spent on fewer, more shopping, and the drop in household management. Changes in the living environment of the home had a great impact. From 1900-1930, single working women spend about 7 hours a week doing housework, most of them live in an apartment or live in that parents, and parents to rely on the landlord to clean up the home. By 1965, they spent a week on housework time of up to 17 hours. By 2005, the data rose to 18.1 hours. In 2005 and not the work of the men spent 21.2 hours a week doing housework, in 1900 more than 9.3 hours. In addition, the income of family circumstances are different. Due to low-income families living in a small area, not varied diet is bread, sausage, salted fish and canned foods such fast-food products, so the home occupied by no more time. The middle and upper family has gone through the employment of a nanny and use of electrical household cleaning in two stages, when they are aware of the importance of a clean and healthy families, they do housework more time.
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