Sridharan, Gargi

How much time is too much time: The growing gender gap in time use and well-being - Economic & Political Weekly - 56(26), Jun 26, 2021: p.58-62

The fierce debates surrounding the issue of unpaid domestic labour in the 21st century have resulted in political parties promising to monetise the work undertaken by housewives in India. The recent “Time Use in India 2019” report released by the National Statistical Office adds to the discourse that problematizes the disproportionate differences in domestic division of labour between women and men. This article uses the larger findings of the NSO survey to probe the pattern of time-use at the national and state level that may be explained by pre-existing gender norms and behaviours. – Reproduced