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Characteristics of household activities at home |
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| Characteristics |
Extra-domestic work (A) n = 196 |
Exclusively intra-domestic work (B) n = 341 |
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| Frequency |
% |
Frequency |
% |
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| Type of activity |
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| Washing clothes*+ |
92 |
46.9 |
211 |
61.8 |
| Ironing |
48 |
24.5 |
96 |
28.1 |
| Cooking* |
25 |
12.8 |
115 |
33.7 |
| Sweeping/dusting* |
58 |
29.6 |
165 |
48.3 |
| Cleaning bathrooms * |
44 |
22.4 |
130 |
38.1 |
| Making beds |
49 |
25.0 |
102 |
29.9 |
| Cleaning stove and/or refrigerator* |
58 |
29.6 |
125 |
36.6 |
| Washing windows* |
21 |
10.7 |
58 |
17.0 |
| Washing dishes* |
65 |
33.1 |
167 |
48.9 |
| Shopping * |
49 |
25.0 |
166 |
48.7 |
| Micro-ergonomic domestic indicator * |
88 |
44.9 |
236 |
69.2 |
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*p < 0.05 +High domestic workload was calculated in terms of frequency of the activity over time. | ||||
Torres-Arreola et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:25 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-25 |
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