men do almost twice the amount of housework after they retire   but they are still doing far less than their wives, according to new research the study of 1,302 german couples found working men did just two hours of house work each day, which almost doubled to 39 hours when they retired but they are still lagging behind their stay at home female partners when it comes to sharing the burden division of labour: men do just two hours of housework a day while working, which increases to 39 after they retire   but it is still far less than the amount carried out by their stay at home wives  the study, published in the journal of marriage and family, found women who did not work did an average of 68 hours before their husband's retired chores included doing the laundry and the washing up, as well as running errands, according to new york magazine however, the number of hours they did each day only dropped to 61 after their husbands retired what's more, it seems the men were still avoiding the washing up, even post retirement the research noted the increase in the men's hours was mainly taken up by more 'manly' chores   like repairs and gardening 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 manly: the men were also less likely to do the 'female' chores, sticking to gardening and repairs 
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study of 1,302 couples found working men do two hours of chores a day  but once they retired, men upped their housework hours to to 39 a day  women's chores went from 68 hours a day to 61 a day after retirement  the study, carried out in germany, 