The Legal & General 2013 Value of a Parent survey found women with children spend on average how many hours per week on chores and childcare?

• A. 60 hours
• B. 71 hours
• C. 80 hours
• D. 90 hours

Answer: (B)

In studies of how families divide labor, researchers measure the total time people spend on unpaid domestic work, including chores and childcare. The 2013 Legal & General Value of a Parent survey reports that women with children spend, on average, 71 hours per week on these tasks. This figure is the best answer because it is the exact average the study found, illustrating the substantial unpaid workload carried by mothers. It highlights the gendered pattern of domestic labor and the idea that women often shoulder a heavy “double load” of both paid work and extensive housework and childcare. The number is an average across the surveyed group and helps explain why discussions about time poverty and policy support for families are prominent in sociology.