Housework and child-rearing increased more for husbands who telework compared to those who go to the office, according to the 2022 Annual Report on the Declining Birthrate approved Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting.
The report presents the results of a survey on the division of roles between husband and wife in household chores and child-rearing before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The spread of telework helped households review their sharing of housework, according to the report.
The survey was conducted online between April and May last year on 2,065 parents of children under 18.
