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Gender disparities in Unpaid Household care labour: An Economic Estimate from Rural South India

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  • Suryawanshi, Deodatt Madhav
  • Rajseharan, Divya
  • Venugopal, Raghuram
  • R, Rishi
  • Balan, Sheeba

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Worldwide women spend 4.5 hours daily on unpaid work while men spend about half of that time. The study aimed to estimate the time spent by both men and women on the various types of unpaid care labour find the economic estimates of unpaid labour. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 3 months in 2020 in the rural area of South India. 360 study participants of 15 -60 years were recruited using simple random sampling and enquired for the time spent on care activities using time use survey . Cumulative hours spent per year and its economic estimate was calculated using Oxfam global care calculator. Female participants did significantly higher hours of unpaid care (3596.5 hrs) as compared to male participants (2938.3 hours) (p <0.05). Economic estimates of unpaid care per year were significantly higher (INR 103641.8) for females as compared to males (INR 84610) (p< 0.005). The policy makers and administrators should develop policies which recognise, reduce, redistribute and represent unpaid labour work.

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  • Suryawanshi, Deodatt Madhav & Rajseharan, Divya & Venugopal, Raghuram & R, Rishi & Balan, Sheeba, 2021. "Gender disparities in Unpaid Household care labour: An Economic Estimate from Rural South India," SocArXiv ume8k, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:ume8k
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/ume8k
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