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The really interesting statistic in this article is the dramatic drop in “hours per day spent caring for children” for women while the number for men stayed rel
by habosa 3y ago
The really interesting statistic in this article is the dramatic drop in “hours per day spent caring for children” for women while the number for men stayed relatively flat. Interesting for a number of reasons:
1) The numbers for men and women are much closer together now which narrows (but does not close) a gap that has existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. Would be amazing to see it close completely.
2) If I’m reading this correctly women are doing less childcare but men aren’t doing more … so are children being cared for less? That seems impossible as a consequence of remote work, which provides much more time for at-home tasks like childcare.
- tomatocracy 3y agoOne reason for this long-term trend is that people are having fewer children and having those children later in life. Post-pandemic there's been quite a significant drop in birth rates on top of that as well. I suspect there will also be a trend of children spending more time being looked after by schools/nurseries/childminders/nannies but that's probably smaller.
- MattGaiser 3y ago> so are children being cared for less? Probably fewer children overall and increased daycare usage.
- trallnag 3y agoIf reproduction rate hits zero the gap will definitely close. Would be amazing!