Men aren't pulling their weight at home  vintage couple ironing
Factoring in both paid and unpaid work, who puts in more hours?
It's usually the Mrs. Click on the image to see the 10 countries
where men pitch in the most at home.   Working in the home is
not usually paid. But if both paid and unpaid work are combined,
it's the women who put in the longest hours.   You tell us:
What's your housework worth?  The difference was most stark in
Italy, where women work an average of 22 hours in a paid job, in
addition to doing 35 hours of housework each week. That's about
11 more hours than the average Italian man works both inside and
outside the home.  "Overly heavy workloads for women with the
'double burden' of holding a job and looking after the family
can generate time deprivation and stress, with negative effects
on life satisfaction and health," notes the OECD.  In all
countries tracked, women did the majority of the housework -- an
imbalance that can hinder them from participating fully in the
job market an