Women spend more time in total productive work than men do. In Chile, domestic work varies by employment status and the presence of children under the age of six in the home. Employed women spent 57 hours a week in domestic work if they had children under six but only 29 hours a week if they did not. All studies were in rural areas except as indicated under Bangladesh. Number of households.
Data are averages from eight villages.
When we disaggregate women's activities, we find that the largest and most invariant category relates to food preparation . In all cases women spend at least two hours a day preparing food for themselves and their families. Moreover, efficiency and concentration are limited by the intermittent and insistent demands of children. 26, table 1. Some of the sources from which the information was collected failed to specify the length of the workday.