NHK conducted a public opinion poll on changes in life and consciousness caused by the new coronavirus.
About 20% of the respondents had more time to do housework, but by gender, the percentage of women who increased was higher.
From November 4th to December 7th last year, NHK conducted a pollster by mail to 3,600 people aged 18 and over nationwide, and received responses from 2,331 people, or 64.8%.
Of these, when asked if there was any change in family relationships compared to before the spread of the infection,
▽ "improved" was 9%
▽ "no change" was 76%
▽ "worse" was 6% ..
We also asked 2,130 respondents who have a family about changes in housework and child-rearing.
When asked if there was a change in the time of housework,
24%
answered "
increased"
▽ 63%
answered "
no change"
▽ 2% answered "decreased".
By gender
, 28% of women
said that they had "increased" time spent on housework, and
19% of men.
Changes in child-rearing time
Regarding changes in child-rearing time,
▽ "no change" was 25%
▽ "increased" was 9%
▽ "decreased" was 1%.
▽ 55% of respondents do not raise children.
By gender, the percentage of women who have more time to raise children is higher. By
age group, 19% of women are 18 to 39 years old, 13% are men, and
17% are women in their 40s and 50s. , Men were 10%.