Thanks for this Jim. Very interesting. I know Warren Farrell points out that the time men spend protecting their wives and families is never included. This is something where men are "on duty" quite a bit of the time.
Thanks James, fascinating. I can't see any data for commuting to and from work. It's always been my understanding that on average men spend more time commuting than women, one reason being their workplaces are more likely to be further away. Can you shed any light on this? Thanks.
Good question, Mike. Commuting time for work is a subcategory within the broader category of “working and work-related activities.” I didn’t graph that subcategory, but the data tables show that males spend more time than females in travel related to work.
Thanks James. Can you point me to those tables, or provide the numbers? Sorry to press you but I suspect the time difference between men and women is significant. Thanks.
The pdf at the below link is the table that contains the results from 2024. Toward the top of the third page (second row in the table), you will see "Travel related to work" listed under the "Activity" column. That's the relevant data for 2024.
I didn't read this in detail yet (I will) but do you have a number for total weekly time spent on paid and unpaid work, by sex? This is the main number that can be used to refute the constant female refrain that they work harder than men, and that men are in some way parasitic, just because women do more housework. Also, does the survey categorise people in more detail, in particular, whether they are married or have children?
Yes, in my post, there are sex-segregated graphs for paid work ("work and work-related activities") and household management and care work.
In the American Time Use Survey, the data are also split by demographic categories other than sex. I did not make graphs for those demographic categories. Here is an example of another way the data are broken down:
Thanks for this Jim. Very interesting. I know Warren Farrell points out that the time men spend protecting their wives and families is never included. This is something where men are "on duty" quite a bit of the time.
Thanks James, fascinating. I can't see any data for commuting to and from work. It's always been my understanding that on average men spend more time commuting than women, one reason being their workplaces are more likely to be further away. Can you shed any light on this? Thanks.
Good question, Mike. Commuting time for work is a subcategory within the broader category of “working and work-related activities.” I didn’t graph that subcategory, but the data tables show that males spend more time than females in travel related to work.
Thanks James. Can you point me to those tables, or provide the numbers? Sorry to press you but I suspect the time difference between men and women is significant. Thanks.
The pdf at the below link is the table that contains the results from 2024. Toward the top of the third page (second row in the table), you will see "Travel related to work" listed under the "Activity" column. That's the relevant data for 2024.
https://www.bls.gov/tus/tables/a1-2024.pdf
Thanks James!
You're welcome.
I didn't read this in detail yet (I will) but do you have a number for total weekly time spent on paid and unpaid work, by sex? This is the main number that can be used to refute the constant female refrain that they work harder than men, and that men are in some way parasitic, just because women do more housework. Also, does the survey categorise people in more detail, in particular, whether they are married or have children?
Yes, in my post, there are sex-segregated graphs for paid work ("work and work-related activities") and household management and care work.
In the American Time Use Survey, the data are also split by demographic categories other than sex. I did not make graphs for those demographic categories. Here is an example of another way the data are broken down:
https://www.bls.gov/tus/tables/a7_1115.htm