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As it turns out, both husbands and wives claim they contribute more to household chores than they get credit for, according to a survey conducted earlier this year by Cozi, a family organizer website.
Cozi polled more than 700 men and women with kids who were either married or in a committed relationship, asking them how much they contribute to household chores and what they think their spouse contributes. Fourteen specific chores were listed, including grocery shopping, scheduling/planning, cleaning the house, household finances, carpooling to kids' activities, cooking and back-to-school shopping.
The results turned out to be a classic "he said/she said," with both moms and dads claiming they do more of the workload than their spouses give them credit for. Moms say they do more than 60 percent of the work for 11 out of 14 chores and believe they do more than 75 percent of the work on five of those chores.
Dads report a 50/50 split when it comes to most chores, and claim they do more than 75 percent of the work for just one chore: home repair and maintenance. Overall, there isn't a single chore where dads gave moms credit for doing more than 60 percent of the work.
Cozi CEO Robbie Cape tells ParentDish what struck him, as a dad, was the fact that he isn't alone in feeling he does more of the household chores than his wife gives him credit for.
"I always thought it was just my problem and my wife's problem, so it was really interesting to see that it is indeed a family problem that actually manifests itself in the data," Cape says.
Although the survey clearly showed there is a disparity in perception, the findings demonstrate that both men and women are happy with the percentage of chores they take on and are not looking to change the distribution.
According to the survey, the chore with the biggest gender gap in perception was the scheduling of events and appointments, where moms say they handle more than 90 percent of the task and dads claim they do nearly half the work.
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11-01-2010 @ 8:40AM
Alicia said...Honestly, I'd have polled the kids, too. You'd have gotten a more honest answer. When my parents were together, my dad would easily say he did more than half the work, but I can tell you, my mom scheduled everything, cleaned everything, dad never did laundry, cooked, made appointments, did yard work (except raking leaves and shoveling snow), fixed anything, did any home improvement or even knew how do do any of the above. He thought he did work because my mom yelled at him until he threw his dirty laundry in the hamper, but my mom worked a full day, came home, took care of us and the house, was my girl scout leader and was involved in all my dance classes and music lessons while my dad complained that all of the above was a waste of time and money. Then he moved out and I had to not only give him directions on where to take me for classes on weekends he had me, but show him how to do laundry and keep a house relatively neat. At nine years old. Kids will tell you which parent does more (not always mom, depending on the household).
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11-02-2010 @ 10:41AM
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11-01-2010 @ 5:43PM
David S. said...Well, if everyone seems happy with the chore distribution, don't see the point of the article -- LOL. I recall my mother certainly did most of the housework, but she did not work outside the home either. Yes, being a full-time parents is hard work, and she had five of us to deal with -- getting us to school, sporting events, etc. My father did the yard work and home repairs and other "manly" things (it was the 1970's, when people weren't so politically correct and hung up on gender roles). I don't recall him doing laundry, but he would mop the floors and clean other rooms occasionally. He was by no means an absent father, and I never appreciated as a kid how much he was there for us and really did help out my Mom.
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