Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, male (% of 24 hour day)

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About this dataset

The average time men spend on household provision of services for own consumption. Data are expressed as a proportion of time in a day. Domestic and care work includes food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning and upkeep of a dwelling, laundry, ironing, gardening, caring for pets, shopping, installation, servicing and repair of personal and household goods, childcare, and care of the sick, elderly or disabled household members, among others.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2024Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2024Africa Western and Central
ARB2024Arab World
CSS2024Caribbean small states
CEB2024Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2024Early-demographic dividend
EAS2024East Asia & Pacific
EAP2024East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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