Households are still headed by women, in the south even more
Although the difference is small, less than seven percentage points, it is in the communities in the south of the peninsula, with Andalusia and Murcia at the forefront, where women concentrate the weight of household chores in a greater proportion, above 79%, compared to to the Canary Islands and the north, especially Navarra, around 72%.
The Survey of Essential Characteristics of the Population and Housing recently published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) with data from 2021 reveals that three out of four people who are in charge of most of the domestic tasks are women and only one is men. , specifically 76.5% for only 23.5%.
According to this INE analysis, 30.8% of Spaniards aged 16 or over, more than 12.2 million, are in charge of “most of the domestic chores” in their homes, while 10.7%, more than 4.2 million do not “usually” participate in this work.