For American couples, gender gaps in sharing household responsibilities persist amid pandemic

Jan 29, 2021

a family sits on their sofa eating dinner

Do you feel your partner puts in a fair shift when it comes to household responsibilites? Image: Unsplash/Jimmy Dean

Amanda Barroso

Writer/editor - Social Trends, Pew Research Center

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A chart showing how people are viewing their relationships in the same light as they were before the pandemic.

On average, people seem to be just as satisfied with their relationship now, as they were one year ago. Image: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 13-19, 2020.

A chart showing how on average women are less satisfied with the breakdown of household contributions with their partner

On average, satisfaction levels have increased for men, but fallen for women. Image: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 13-19, 2020.

Male satisfaction around the time they spend with their kids has greatly increased since 2017.

Since 2017, male satisfaction with the time they spend with their kids has increased greatly. Image: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 13-19, 2020.

A chart showing how men and women have very different perceptions on who takes on more household responsibilities

The greatest disagreement is over finances, where both genders feel they do more to help. Image: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 13-19, 2020.

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