According to the time use survey In 2016-2017, women increased the average amount of housework at home after the pandemic.
Piedad Urdinola, director of Dane, spoke at the 21st edition of the International Meeting of Information Specialists on the use of time, emphasizing that the hours spent on average every day amounted to 6 hours and 51 minutes home care and unpaid care increased by 53 minutes between 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic.
In August 2021, the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) had highlighted the National Time Use Survey (ENUT), that women achieved 8 hours of unpaid work per day during the pandemic.
Given the confinement measures implemented to halt the spread of Covid-19 in 2020, the time spent on unpaid work has increased significantly for women.
One of the reasons for the high demand for unpaid tasks at home is the closure of schools, teleworking, the increase of care standards and cleaning as a protective measure and an increased burden on family members’ health care; all activities are mainly developed by women.
Source: El heraldo
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