article_snippet.sent: Men do almost twice the amount of housework after Men retire - but Men are still doing far less than Men wives, according to new research.
article_snippet.sent: Study of 1,302 couples found working men did just two hours of house work each day, which almost doubled to 3.9 hours when working men retired.
article_snippet.sent: But working men are still lagging behind working men stay-at-home female partners when it comes to sharing the burden.
article_snippet.sent: Men do just two hours of housework a day while working, which increases to 3.9 after Men retire - but it is still far less than the amount carried out by Men stay-at-home wives .
article_snippet.sent: The study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, found women who did not work did an average of 6.8 hours before women who did not work husband's retired.
article_snippet.sent: Chores included doing the laundry and the washing up, as well as running errands, according to New York Magazine.
article_snippet.sent: However, the number of hours they did each day only dropped to 6.1 after they husbands retired.
article_snippet.sent: What's more, it seems they were still avoiding the washing up, even post-retirement.
article_snippet.sent: The research noted the increase in they's hours was mainly taken up by more 'manly' chores - like repairs and gardening.
article_snippet.sent: However, the study - conducted by Thomas Leopold at the University of Amsterdam and Jan Skopek at the European University Institute - does not reveal how the burden was shared when both the husband and wife were working.
article_snippet.sent: Manly: they were also less likely to do the 'female' chores, sticking to gardening and repairs .
highlights_snippet.sent: Study of 1,302 couples found working men do two hours of chores a day .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But once working men retired, men upped men housework hours to to 3.9 a day .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Women's chores went from 6.8 hours a day to 6.1 a day after retirement .
  