Gender gaps in unpaid domestic work and double workday of women in Peru

Dina Li Suarez, Perú
dinali_2000@yahoo.com
Asociación Peruana de Demografía y Población APDP
I. Summary
This paper analyzes the family work done by women and men in the domestic sphere, throughout the life cycle, differentiated according to the demographic and social characteristics, based on the National Survey on Time Use 2010. The data shows the increased participation of women in household chores and the care of people, work that constitutes a barrier and limits opportunities for women in the labor market, keeping its contribution invisible to economic development. It is this situation that keeps them in a relationship of economic dependence, leaving power to the male counterpart.
Women spend on domestic work 40 hours per week and men only 16 hours: 24 hours of work for which they receive no pay. Gender analysis highlights that gaps are larger in women who are married, less educated, living in rural areas and poorest, and have the greatest burden of domestic work, which is unpaid keeping the non-visibility given its low valuation and the exclusion of national accounts.