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Saturday, November 7, 1998, The Daily News ~ Sandra Porteous

Be a good mom, not a Slave.

Women my age imitate our moms and work 50 hours on top
“ A great new study released by GPI Atlantic found in the last 40 years, little has changed for women. Females still do about 65.5 per cent of domestic work. Working mothers put in four hours of unpaid work after they leave the job that pays. That means working mothers put in an average workday of more than 11 hours. No numbers on how long they get to sit between chores. Mothers are still the people in the family who get the groceries or line up in the school gym on parentteacher night. ”

Women busier today
November 6, 1998, The Daily News, Nova Scotia ~ Shaune MacKinlay
A closer look at work habits in Nova Scotia “ For women in Nova Scotia, the drudgery of 40 years ago could have been yesterday Women do almost the same amount of housework they did in 1961, even though far more have to squeeze it in after a full day on the job, says a new study ”

The Economic Value of Unpaid Housework and Child Care in Nova Scotia
November 1998	Time Use
Author: Ronald Colman, Ph.D
Assessment of the value of unpaid household work, including trends over time, gender comparisons, inter-provincial comparisons, and alternative measurement methodologies. Includes summary data for Canada and all provinces.
Abstract	Executive Summary 22 pages 104K PDF
ISBN 0-9689923-6-6	Full Report 123 pages 884K PDF
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