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Which of the following best applies to the sharing of household work between you and your spouse/partner?
Fairness of household work sharing with spouse · Asked in 2 waves, 2002–2012 · 1,407 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | I do much more than my fair share of hh work | I do a bit more than my fair share of hh work |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 700 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 707 |
| I do roughly my fair share of hh work |
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| I do a bit less than my fair share of hh work |
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| I do much less than my fair share of hh work |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 19% | 18% | 36% | 16% | 10% | 700 | ±4 | |
| Liberals | 20% | 21% | 32% | 18% | 10% | 166 | ±9 | |
| Moderates | 19% | 19% | 37% | 14% | 11% | 257 | ±7 | |
| Conservatives | 18% | 16% | 40% | 17% | 9% | 244 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2012 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.