The Housework Gap

The Housework Gap Average hours per week Stay at Home fathers, Mothers & their Partners Spend on Housework & Childcare Stay at Home Dad SAHD's Partner 18 14 11 Stay at Home Mom SAHM's Partner 26 20 6 More fathers than ever before are staying home with their children. These dads do more housework and child care than working fathers do, still the housework gap remains. Stay at home dads do an average of 4 hours more housework and 2 hours more childcare than their partners. Meanwhile, stay at home mothers do an average of 3 times more housework and childcare than their partners. 9,