In 2003, women worked an average of 7.05 hours a day, butthat dropped to below 7 in 2009, during the recession.

The average American woman is more likely to be employed and isspending more time on the job than ever. But she is spending justas much time doing chores around the house.

The annual American Time Use survey conducted by the LaborDepartment finds that employed women spend an average of 7.3 hoursper workday on the job, compared to 7.88 hours for employedmen.

Over the past 15 years the numbers have fluctuated. In 2003,women worked an average of 7.05 hours a day, but that dropped tobelow 7 in 2009, during the recession, after which it has bobbed upand down but generally is increasing.

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Similarly, the hours-per-day worked by men has fluctuated,hitting a low of 7.82 hours in 2010 and a high of 8.14 hours in2014.

Meanwhile, the average employed woman reporting spending anaverage of 2.29 hours a day doing household chores. Employed menreported an average of 1.79 hours.

Employed women with children spend two hours a day caring fortheir kids, compared to 1.4 hours for men. The gap between womenwho aren't working and men who aren't working is even greater ––the women spend nearly 3 hours a day on kids while men spend justover 2.2 hours.

Employed men report spending substantially more time on leisureand sports: 4.63 hours a day compared to 3.77 hours for workingwomen. Fathers spend about a half hour more per day on leisure thanmothers –– roughly 4 hours compared to 3.5 hours.

On the bright side for women, they tend to get more slightlysleep than men: 8.55 hours compared to 8.47 hours.

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