The Numbers:
- Number of teens who reported doing daily housework: 4 of 10.
- Average amount of time a Canadian teen spends doing housework,
in minutes: 23.
- Average amount of time a Canadian adult spends doing housework,
in minutes: 118.
- Percentage of girls who participated in housework, circa 1986: 53.
- Percentage of girls who participate today: 43.
- Percentage of boys who participated in housework, circa 1986: 33.
- Percentage today: 36.
- Average number of hours a Canadian teenage girl spends doing homework every week: 10.3.
- Average number of hours a Canadian teenage boy spends doing the same: 8.1.
- Average number of daily hours teenage girls spent doing paid and
unpaid work: 7.5.
- Average number of daily hours boys spent doing the same: 6.7.
- Average Canadian teen’s workweek,
in hours: 50.
- Average workweek for an adult
aged 20-64: 50.
- Pecentage of teens who consider
themselves workaholics: 16.
- Percentage who cut sleep to get
things done: 64.
- Percentage who felt pressure to accomplish more than they can handle: 39.
- Percentage of stressed teens who reported being happy: 45.
- Percentage of non-stressed teens who reported being happy: 72.
- Rank of Canadian teens in terms of time spent on paid and unpaid work among teens in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: 1.
- Rank of Belgium: 2.
- Rank of the US: 3.
- Rank of Germany: 9.
- Number of OECD countries
so ranked: 9.