Gender, age and learning.

32.9% of girls participate in unpaid domestic activities, markedly higher than 9.1% of boys, which significantly impacts their education and learning, according to a UNICEF report.

The report "Time spent on unpaid domestic and caregiving services by children in India : Insights into gender, age and learning" is based on India's Time Use Survey 2019 by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation".

On an average, girls spend 134 minutes per day on unpaid domestic services almost 70% more time than boys, who spend 79 minutes per day.

Time to study

1 in 5 children (20%) are engaged in unpaid domestic services.

Age groups in domestic work

* Adolescents (15-17 age group)             -   124 minutes a day.

* Younger children (6-14 age group)       -   95 minutes per day

Rural vs urban difference in kids doing domestic work

Rural children                21%

Urban children               15.7%

Participation in food preparation

Girls                    21.9%

Boys                     7.3%

Participation in cleaning and maintaining the house

Girls                    18.3%

Boys                      2.6%

Time spent on studies

11% less time spent on studies by children involved in domestic work.

16% less time spent on studies by teens engaged in domestic work.

Tailpiece.

Got up at my usual time, the chores and was ready by 10.

A quiet Sunday.

Spoke to my sisters.