Time use

One in three fathers wish to have more time for their children

32% of the fathers and 19% of the mothers in Germany indicated in 2012/2013 not to have sufficient time for their children. "This means that one in three fathers and one in five mothers wished to have more time for their children. 7% of the fathers in employment and 28% of the mothers in employment wished to have more time for their job. However, one in two fathers in employment and one in four mothers in employment would prefer to spend less time on their job.

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Total hours worked by women: one third paid, two thirds unpaid

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On average, adults worked roughly 24.5 hours per week that were unpaid, while about 20.5 hours were paid work in 2012/2013. First results of the 2012/2013 show that women worked one hour more (roughly 45.5 hours) than men. Two thirds of the hours worked by women were unpaid, whereas this applied to less than half of men's work.

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