Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see.
Describe the information presented below, comparing results for men and women in the categories shown. Suggest reasons for what you see. Op3
The diagram reveals that the number of hours per week spent in unpaid work is unequally distributed between men and women.
In households where there are no children, women are reported to work some 30 hours per week in such tasks as housework and gardening. Men's contribution to these unpaid jobs averages a considerably lower 18 hours.
When children enter the household, however, the inequality becomes even more pronounced. In families of 1 - 2 children, men maintain approximately the same number of hours of unpaid work as in childless households, but the number of hours women work in the home rises to 52 per week, much of it, on doubt, due to childcare responsibilities.
Interestingly, when there are three or more children in the household, men are found to work even fewer hours around the house than before the appearance of the third child. Whereas women's unpaid hours rise to approximately 56 per week, the corresponding figure for men, 16, actually represents a decrease.
The data suggest that the increased presence of women in the paid work force has yet to lead to an increased role for men in the home. 
The diagram reveals that the number of 
hours
 per 
week
 spent in unpaid 
work
 is 
unequally
 distributed between 
men
 and women.
In 
households
 where there are no 
children
, women 
are reported
 to 
work
 some
 30 
hours
 per 
week
 in such tasks as housework and gardening. 
Men
's contribution to these unpaid jobs averages a 
considerably
 lower 18 hours.
When 
children
 enter the 
household
, 
however
, the inequality becomes even more pronounced. In families of 
1 - 2
 children
, 
men
 maintain approximately the same number of 
hours
 of unpaid 
work
 as in childless 
households
, 
but
 the number of 
hours
 women 
work
 in the home rises to 52 per 
week
, much of it, on doubt, due to childcare responsibilities.
Interestingly
, when there are three or more 
children
 in the 
household
, 
men
 are found
 to 
work
 even fewer 
hours
 around the 
house
 than 
before
 the appearance of the third child. Whereas women's unpaid 
hours
 rise to approximately 56 per 
week
, the corresponding figure for 
men
, 16, actually represents a decrease.
The data suggest that the increased presence of women in the paid 
work
 force has 
yet
 to lead to an increased role for 
men
 in the home. 
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