Even in marriages the place each spouses earn 40% to 50% of the couple’s mixed earnings, husbands spend about 3.5 hours extra every week socializing and stress-free than wives do, in line with Pew. Additionally they spend extra time on work they receives a commission for: 44.2 hours vs. 41.1 on common.
Wives in these marriages spend roughly 2 hours extra per week on caregiving than husbands do and about 2.5 hours extra on housekeeping. Additionally they spend 3 or extra hours on caregiving every week on common.
In marriages the place wives deliver house the bacon, males have considerably extra leisure time – 9 hours every week on common – whereas the time they commit to childcare and housekeeping stays about the identical.
Solely when wives are the one breadwinners do males spend extra time on caregiving than their wives. Husbands in these marriages have essentially the most leisure time of all: 47.2 hours every week.
