It's Housework Time

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Women must derive some advantages from having a husband, since so many go to the trouble of getting one. But a new study, analyzing time-use-diary data collected in 2005, points to one serious disadvantage: “Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families.” Conversely, having a wife saves a man from an hour of housework per week.

The amount of time the sexes spend on housework has been converging, though.

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