Table 4
Summary statistics on the value of unpaid household work by method and sex, 2015 to 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | |
Women | |||||
Hours of unpaid household work | 19,001 | 19,001 | 19,001 | 19,001 | 19,001 |
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
Net opportunity cost | 392,489 | 405,754 | 412,406 | 424,386 | 437,447 |
Gross opportunity cost | 439,247 | 453,028 | 459,920 | 474,510 | 489,736 |
Replacement cost | 302,730 | 311,155 | 318,847 | 335,667 | 341,336 |
millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | millions of hours | |
Men | |||||
Hours of unpaid household work | 12,591 | 12,591 | 12,591 | 12,591 | 12,591 |
millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
Net opportunity cost | 290,334 | 296,823 | 301,442 | 308,276 | 317,496 |
Gross opportunity cost | 338,991 | 345,856 | 351,038 | 359,873 | 370,414 |
Replacement cost | 214,185 | 219,702 | 224,658 | 235,514 | 240,310 |
% | % | % | % | % | |
Women's share of total | |||||
Hours of unpaid household work | 60.1 | 60.1 | 60.1 | 60.1 | 60.1 |
Net opportunity cost | 57.5 | 57.8 | 57.8 | 57.9 | 57.9 |
Gross opportunity cost | 56.4 | 56.7 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.9 |
Replacement cost | 58.6 | 58.6 | 58.7 | 58.8 | 58.7 |
Source(s):
Special tabulations.
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