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Table 1 Wages and hours spent on housework activities per week (working days) in West and East Germany by marital status, working hours, and gender (GSOEP sample)

From: The effect of housework on wages in Germany: no impact at allDer Einfluss von Hausarbeit auf die Löhne in Deutschland

 

West Germany

East Germany

Singles

Married

Singles

Married

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

Mean

Std. dev.

All workers

Log gross hourly wages

2.45

0.40

2.55

0.41

2.49

0.43

2.77

0.37

2.24

0.43

2.27

0.41

2.35

0.44

2.43

0.43

Housework

14.50

9.45

11.19

7.31

22.01

12.01

13.77

9.64

16.46

9.53

13.41

8.10

21.20

10.50

15.35

9.63

Cooking/ Cleaning/ Laundry

6.73

4.20

4.31

3.54

10.50

6.01

2.96

3.32

6.59

3.55

4.37

3.40

8.58

4.48

3.33

3.39

Shopping

4.67

2.79

4.04

2.96

5.27

2.98

3.07

3.13

5.54

2.67

4.68

2.82

5.60

2.80

4.12

3.21

Repairs

1.34

2.73

2.43

3.59

2.57

3.45

4.00

4.15

2.22

3.57

3.55

4.37

2.96

3.70

5.09

4.81

Childcare

1.49

5.18

0.30

2.17

3.28

7.11

3.61

5.75

1.85

5.53

0.52

2.90

3.56

6.92

2.60

5.01

Care and support for persons in need of care

0.30

2.22

0.13

1.28

0.44

2.11

0.16

1.28

0.30

1.65

0.33

2.11

0.58

2.33

0.24

1.42

Observations

4,762

5,254

14,298

21,064

1,461

1,782

6,206

6,569

Full-time workers

Log gross hourly wages

2.51

0.36

2.59

0.38

2.59

0.37

2.78

0.36

2.29

0.39

2.28

0.40

2.39

0.43

2.44

0.42

Housework

13.13

8.32

11.23

7.35

16.40

9.50

13.66

9.55

15.15

8.33

13.55

8.12

18.76

9.02

15.23

9.59

Cooking/ Cleaning/ Laundry

6.21

3.86

4.29

3.50

8.00

4.66

2.90

3.28

6.07

2.99

4.37

3.46

7.76

4.05

3.29

3.39

Shopping

4.53

2.78

4.02

2.98

4.72

3.03

3.03

3.13

5.42

2.50

4.66

2.84

5.36

2.71

4.10

3.23

Repairs

1.21

2.58

2.51

3.64

1.82

3.08

4.01

4.14

2.01

3.16

3.67

4.27

2.59

3.41

5.07

4.77

Childcare

0.94

4.00

0.30

2.19

1.58

4.82

3.59

5.66

1.45

4.92

0.57

3.04

2.67

5.65

2.56

4.94

Care and support for persons in need of care

0.27

2.20

0.13

1.30

0.32

1.81

0.16

1.28

0.23

1.57

0.31

1.94

0.45

1.90

0.24

1.42

Observations

3,690

4,823

7,047

20,505

1,066

1,617

4,279

6,377

Part-time workers

Log gross hourly wages

2.26

0.47

2.14

0.52

2.40

0.46

2.45

0.56

2.11

0.50

2.19

0.51

2.27

0.44

2.21

0.47

Housework

19.21

11.40

10.73

6.86

27.46

11.67

17.81

11.64

20.01

11.46

12.09

7.87

26.62

11.49

19.38

10.23

Cooking/ Cleaning/ Laundry

8.50

4.80

4.47

3.93

12.94

6.18

5.15

4.13

8.01

4.45

4.30

2.70

10.41

4.84

4.53

3.36

Shopping

5.17

2.75

4.29

2.73

5.80

2.83

4.39

2.85

5.87

3.07

4.85

2.56

6.14

2.92

4.90

2.40

Repairs

1.79

3.14

1.60

2.93

3.31

3.62

3.86

4.40

2.78

4.45

2.39

5.17

3.79

4.15

5.81

5.81

Childcare

3.38

7.72

0.24

1.90

4.94

8.45

4.21

8.33

2.92

6.81

0.03

0.39

5.52

8.81

3.96

6.99

Care and support for persons in need of care

0.44

2.29

0.14

0.98

0.56

2.36

0.23

1.34

0.47

1.85

0.57

3.27

0.87

3.05

0.21

1.26

Observations

1,072

431

7,251

559

395

165

1,927

192

  1. Notes: The data set used is the GSOEP, waves 2000–2009
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