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New Delhi, Sep 30: Women in India spend about five hours a day on unpaid domestic work, or thrice as much time as men, according to a first-of-its-kind ‘Time Use Survey’ conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
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The first Time-Use survey shows only about 18 per cent of women participated in employment and related activities in a day, against 57 per cent of men, following wide gender disparity.
Also, women represent 49 per cent of the nation’s population yet contribute only 18 per cent to its economic output, about half the global average.
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