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Measuring time spent in unpaid household work: results from the American Time Use Survey
Rachel Krantz-Kent
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: krantz-kent.rachel@bls.gov
Time-use data show that on average Americans spend more than 20 hours per week working for their own household without pay on tasks that might be done by a paid worker; women spend more time at such unpaid household work.
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