Unpaid domestic work
Indicator Name
Indicator ID in PRIME
Definition
This indicator looks at the proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location.
The evidence is clear that unequal distribution of domestic and care work is a driver for gender inequality, can reinforce inequitable gender norms and roles, and has critical impacts on labor force participation, wages and job quality.
It is essential for the indicator to be disaggregated by sex/gender, age and location at minimum, and ideal to disaggregate for other grounds of inequality (e.g. race/ethnicity, disability, nationality and internally displaced, refugee and migrant status, slum residency) wherever possible.
Numerator
Average hours spent on unpaid domestic and care work per day
Denominator
24 hours per day
Recommended Means of Verification
The means of verification for this indicator is being developed and will be published in the future.