Editing Homemaking (section)

=== 21st century ===
Sex and gender continue to shape the division of household responsibilities in the United States in the twenty-first century. According to the 2018 [[American Time Use Survey]], 84 percent of women and 69 percent of men reported that they spent some time performing household duties, which included "housework, cooking, lawn care, or household management." Women reported spending an average of 2.6 hours a day on household activities, and men 2.0 hours. On a surveyed day, 49% percent of women and 20% of men reported doing housework.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm|title=American Time Use Survey Summary|website=www.bls.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>

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Men and women's perception of household responsibilities differ. [[Pew Research Center]]'s 2014 [[Religious Landscape Study]] found that fathers were more likely than mothers to say that chores were evenly split between both partners (56% vs. 46%). When asked, 50% of mothers reported they handled more responsibilities around the house than their partners; only 12% of fathers reported they did more household tasks. Despite this difference in perception, a majority of married U.S. adults (56%) said that sharing household chores as "very important" to a successful marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/30/sharing-chores-a-key-to-good-marriage-say-majority-of-married-adults/|title=Sharing chores a key to good marriage, say majority of married adults|last=Geiger|first=A. W.|date=30 November 2016|website=Pew Research Center|access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>

In a 2008 article, social scientists Susan L. Brown and Sayaka Kawamura reported that the unequal distribution in housework was attributed mainly to time availability. They concluded: "wives typically work fewer hours than their husbands, [so] they have more time available to perform household tasks."<ref name=":0" />