Author: M. Bess Vincent
Last saved by: Samantha Veneruso
Company: Montgomery College

Average Percentages and Average Satisfactions with the Division of Labor

All

Men	Women

Married   Cohabitating

Not
Parent	Parent

respondent's auto maintenance | 50% | 78% | 26% | 50% | 51% | 52% | 48%
respondent's yard work | 52% | 74% | 31% | 52% | 53% | 53% | 51%
respondent makes decisions about investments or savings | 58% | 60% | 56% | 58% | 56% | 60% | 53%
respondent pays bills | 56% | 64% | 51% | 56% | 57% | 58% | 53%
respondent washes dishes | 54% | 38% | 66% | 54% | 55% | 53% | 56%
respondent contributes to household income | 54% | 66% | 44% | 53% | 56% | 54% | 54%
respondent drives | 59% | 69% | 50% | 58% | 58% | 59% | 58%
respondent does grocery shopping | 58% | 37% | 73% | 58% | 57% | 59% | 56%
respondent prepares meals | 57% | 28% | 78% | 57% | 58% | 57% | 57%
respondent does laundry | 56% | 38% | 70% | 58% | 51% | 57% | 55%
respondent cares for children on a daily basis* | 60% | 41% | 73% | 61% | 58% | 59% | n/a
respondent cleans house | 57% | 39% | 70% | 57% | 56% | 54% | 60%
respondent chooses movies | 51% | 51% | 52% | 51% | 52% | 50% | 53%
respondent chooses restaurants | 53% | 50% | 55% | 52% | 54% | 53% | 52%
partner's auto maintenance | 54% | 21% | 76% | 56% | 49% | 53% | 55%
partner's yard work | 47% | 28% | 63% | 45% | 50% | 43% | 52%
partner makes decisions about investments or savings | 45% | 43% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 44% | 48%
partner pays bills | 51% | 46% | 55% | 52% | 50% | 47% | 56%
partner washes dishes | 42% | 59% | 30% | 42% | 42% | 43% | 41%
partner contributes to household income | 54% | 41% | 63% | 55% | 52% | 54% | 55%
partner drives | 54% | 41% | 63% | 57% | 54% | 52% | 57%
partner does grocery shopping | 44% | 66% | 28% | 45% | 43% | 43% | 45%
partner prepares meals | 42% | 70% | 20% | 42% | 41% | 42% | 42%
partner does laundry | 43% | 61% | 29% | 43% | 43% | 43% | 42%
partner cares for children on a daily basis* | 45% | 65% | 31% | 46% | 40% | 46% | n/a
partner cleans house | 42% | 61% | 27% | 41% | 43% | 43% | 39%
partner chooses movies | 46% | 49% | 44% | 45% | 48% | 46% | 46%
partner chooses restaurants | 45% | 49% | 42% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 44%
Satisfaction with auto maintenance | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4
Satisfaction with yard work | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3
Sat. with making decisions about investments or savings | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2
Satisfaction with bills | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2
Satisfaction with washing dishes | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5
Satisfaction with contributions to household income | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9
Satisfaction with driving | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0
Satisfaction with grocery shopping | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9
Satisfaction with preparing meals | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7
Satisfaction with doing laundry | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6
Satisfaction with caring for children on a daily basis* | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | n/a
Satisfaction with cleaning house | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5
Satisfaction with choosing movies | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0
Satisfaction with choosing restaurants | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0
Total Number of Responses | 158 | 67 | 91 | 109 | 49 | 96 | 62
^*N=96
For Satisfaction questions, 1=Very Dissatisfied, 5 =Very Satisfied