Women do double the amount of unpaid work than men in Spain

SPANISH woman do almost twice as much unpaid work as men.

Figures released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) show that women do 26.5 hours a week compared to just 14 hours for men.

The report indicates that unpaid time was spent caring for children or family members, household chores, studying or working for non-profit organizations.

Being single is the only situation in which men spend a similar amount of time – 11 hours to a woman’s 13.3 hours.

Men also did less time – six hours in contrast to women’s 17.2 hours (186.7% increase) if their partners were unemployed.