The men who collaborate most at home
Much is said about the conciliation of family and work life, and of the difficulties faced by women -and also men- to combine both facets of his life. In this sense, the home chores, fundamental to achieve a successful conciliation, is the focus of fights in some couples. The Organization for Cooperation and Development (OECD), has developed a report in which it evaluates which are the countries in which Men collaborate more.
This report states that reducing the so-called gender gap not only means that women have access to employment full time, but also has to do with the time that men devote to housework.
Although little by little, women have been incorporated into the work world, They have not given up on family life. In most cases they are still responsible for the organization of the house. And although they have gained economic and personal independence, they have doubled their work day. To this it is added that men, with some exceptions, do not collaborate at home for the time required by domestic obligations.
Many women say that more and more people can be reconciled, but all agree: without the commitment of their partners regarding distribution of obligations for home and children, conciliation becomes impossible mission.
The men who collaborate the most and the least
According to the aforementioned OECD report, the men who have learned the lesson best and therefore, are more collaborative at home are the Slovenians, with an average of 114 minutes per day dedicated to this work. At the opposite side are the Indians, with an average of 19 minutes. Within the OECD, the least are the Turks and the North Koreans.
On the other hand, Spain occupies the 16th position of the ranking of the 29 countries evaluated. According to the report, Spaniards add an average of 76 minutes to household chores, while Spanish women devote 127 minutes a day to these tasks.
Within the OECD, Slovenia, Denmark and Estonia appear in the first three places in terms of time dedicated by men to household chores: 114, 107 and 105 minutes per day, respectively. Of these three countries, the one where women work the least hours at home is Germany, with 164 minutes a day, while Slovak women devote an average of 212 minutes to these tasks, and Estonian women 190. Within the OECD, the three countries with the worst data are Turkey, South Korea and Japan: 21 minutes a day on average in the first two and 24 in Japan.
Isabel Martínez
