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At-home parties and other get-togethers can nearly triple the weekly cleaning time spent by women, according to a national survey conducted by research firm StrategyOne. Already, women spend almost two hours cleaning their homes each week. Big gatherings can add almost four hours to that. Housekeeping Channel offers some helpful links below.
- Eighty-four percent of American women in the survey said their home is anywhere from extremely clean to moderately clean on a typical day, and 83 percent believe others would agree with that assessment.
- When it comes to help, two- thirds of women said they would like assistance with cleaning, more so than other household tasks including cooking (11.6 percent), laundry (6.4 percent), ironing (4.8 percent), pet care (3.9 percent) and babysitting (3.3 percent). Nevertheless, only one-third of women actually get help with household chores. Among those who do receive help, half typically get it from their spouse or significant other and 17 percent from their children.
See also:
Spring Clean Your House in a Weekend
Family Housekeeping: How to Get Your Man to Help
Good, Clean Success for Kids
Is There Life After Housework?
- Cleaning up after pets (27.1 percent) was noted as being just as hard as cleaning up after a significant other (25.6 percent) and more difficult than cleaning up after a child (20.1 percent)
Housecleaning with Fido and Friends
Pet Fur Frenzy
- Scrubbing the tub or shower (30 percent), cleaning the toilet (14.7 percent), mopping the floor (13.5 percent), dusting (11.4 percent) and cleaning windows (11 percent) are the chores women least enjoy.
See also:
Clean Ideas: Keeping up with the Grime
Royal Flush - Bathroom Cleaning Tips
- Taking out the trash is the one task women are most likely to rely on a housemate to handle (36.8 percent), followed by vacuuming (10.9 percent) and cooking (8.5 percent).
See also:
Get Rid of Clutter in an Hour or Less
- Dishwashing liquid and paper towels are the favorite combination in the kitchen and the most important cleaning tools for making the kitchen spotless.
Five Steps for a 15-Minute Meal Cleanup
Of course, to be fair to men, we recognize that many men are involved in cleaning and/or are the primary housecleaners, so this article is not meant to denigrate the efforts of men, and the survey results and resources could be applied in reverse as well.
