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Working mothers in South Korea spend several more hours on the weekends dealing with domestic tasks than stay-at-home mothers, while also taking a larger portion of housework than their spouses, a study showed Thursday, revealing the dark side of women with careers struggling to balance work and family.
According to a study jointly conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family along with Statistics Korea, employed moms, on average, worked two hours longer in terms of the length of labor both at work and home, and also had about an hour and 50 minutes less leisure time than stay-at-home mothers.
Though working moms spent three hours less than full-time mothers on weekdays for housework, including child care, the former worked two hours and 27 minutes more in total when adding in labor hours for their paid jobs.
On Saturdays and Sundays, women from double-income households spent two extra hours catching up on the housework that piled up over the week, the study found.
According to a study jointly conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family along with Statistics Korea, employed moms, on average, worked two hours longer in terms of the length of labor both at work and home, and also had about an hour and 50 minutes less leisure time than stay-at-home mothers.
Though working moms spent three hours less than full-time mothers on weekdays for housework, including child care, the former worked two hours and 27 minutes more in total when adding in labor hours for their paid jobs.
On Saturdays and Sundays, women from double-income households spent two extra hours catching up on the housework that piled up over the week, the study found.
By age, women in their 30s spent the longest at nine hours and 13 minutes a day, an hour more than the average of other age groups, on “obligatory maintenance activities” such as work, household chores, study and travel time.
The average hours spent only on housework by women in their 30s was also longer than other age groups with four hours and 55 minutes.
The study also showed that the burden of household responsibilities in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is still largely shouldered by mothers.
Women spent nearly two hours more on housework and child care than their spouses, the study showed. Moms, regardless of their employment status, spent two hours and 27 minutes on housework while men were engaged in household chores only 31 minutes a day.
In contrast, women in Australia, Canada and New Zealand did more than three hours of housework, but they were supported by their spouses who took care of the home for one hour and 50 minutes, nearly four times more than South Korean men.
The clear gender imbalance on housework in South Korea may derive from the traditional gender roles of men being breadwinners and women taking charge of housework, as well as the lower rate of economically active women in the job market, the ministry said in its report.
The statistics also showed that the female population surpassed the male population this year, with women aged 60 and over taking up 20.8 percent of the entire population.
The employment rate of women came in at 49.5 percent, 21.9 percentage points lower than men but an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the year before.
Those between 25 and 29 years of age showed the highest employment rate with 68.8 percent, but the ratio reduced to around 50 percent in the 30s when many women tend to get married and have children. The ratio rebounded to over 60 percent in the 40s.
The rate of women going on to college reached 74.6 percent, surpassing men’s 67.6 percent.
More women took up specialized professions, with 24.4 percent of medical doctors being women, showing a consistent increase from 13.6 percent in the 1980s. Some 26.4 percent and 64.3 percent of dentists and pharmacists were women, respectively.
Political advancement by women, however, still remain low, with 22.9 percent of women winning in regional assembly elections last year and 15.7 percent in general elections in 2012, the statistics said.
By Cho Chung-un (christory@heraldcorp.com)
The average hours spent only on housework by women in their 30s was also longer than other age groups with four hours and 55 minutes.
The study also showed that the burden of household responsibilities in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is still largely shouldered by mothers.
Women spent nearly two hours more on housework and child care than their spouses, the study showed. Moms, regardless of their employment status, spent two hours and 27 minutes on housework while men were engaged in household chores only 31 minutes a day.
In contrast, women in Australia, Canada and New Zealand did more than three hours of housework, but they were supported by their spouses who took care of the home for one hour and 50 minutes, nearly four times more than South Korean men.
The clear gender imbalance on housework in South Korea may derive from the traditional gender roles of men being breadwinners and women taking charge of housework, as well as the lower rate of economically active women in the job market, the ministry said in its report.
The statistics also showed that the female population surpassed the male population this year, with women aged 60 and over taking up 20.8 percent of the entire population.
The employment rate of women came in at 49.5 percent, 21.9 percentage points lower than men but an increase of 0.7 percentage points over the year before.
Those between 25 and 29 years of age showed the highest employment rate with 68.8 percent, but the ratio reduced to around 50 percent in the 30s when many women tend to get married and have children. The ratio rebounded to over 60 percent in the 40s.
The rate of women going on to college reached 74.6 percent, surpassing men’s 67.6 percent.
More women took up specialized professions, with 24.4 percent of medical doctors being women, showing a consistent increase from 13.6 percent in the 1980s. Some 26.4 percent and 64.3 percent of dentists and pharmacists were women, respectively.
Political advancement by women, however, still remain low, with 22.9 percent of women winning in regional assembly elections last year and 15.7 percent in general elections in 2012, the statistics said.
By Cho Chung-un (christory@heraldcorp.com)
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