01474nam a22001577a 4500999001900000008004100019100004100060245013400101260003600235300003600271520076100307650009401068773003601162942000701198952011101205 c533996d533996260731b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aLubna, A.P. and Ratheesh, C. 962243 aDoes the use of home appliances reduce women’s double Burden of work A study on working women in Malappurma district of Kerala  aSocial Science in Perspective  a18(2), Apr-Jun, 2026: p.222-241 a The study examines where the usage of labour saving home appliances in unpaid domestic work reduces the double burden of work facing the working women in the Malappuram district of Kerala. Primary data is used to understand the rural urban differences in working women’s time allocation and the extent of labour saving technology used in unpaid work. The findings reveal that urban women use labour saving devise slightly more intensively than rural women, but does not significantly reduce their time allocation on unpaid domestic and care work. The working women face the problem of maintaining the work life balance. They compromised the time used for leisure, social time, and personal care to perform both paid and unpaid housework. – Reproduced  aWorking women, paid work, Unpaid household work, Time use, Labour-saving devices. 962244 aSocial Science in Perspective  cAR 00102ddc40709409180aIIPAbIIPAd2026-07-31h18(2), Apr-Jun, 2026: p.222-241pAR139436r2026-07-31yAR