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Twelve in every 100 women in Nigeria are housewives according to data.
Research shows that out of the working status of women in Nigeria, 11.6% of women are involved in a house-making job compared to other working statuses. This shows that women are now prioritizing housekeeping roles among other professions.
A full housewife is a married woman who works exclusively within the home performing services for her own family.
The primary duty of a full housewife is to relieve other family members from contributing much or any of their time, effort, and attention to child care, food preparation, housecleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, and other chores.
Out of the working categories for women, there are fewer women driven by their careers. There is a low participation of women in the other categories such as the professional, upper-level professional and supervisory positions.
About 4.9% of women are pursuing their careers at the professional level, 2.1% are pursuing their careers, and 1.7% of women are working at the supervisory level.
All these do not equate to the 11.6% of women in the full housewife duties.
More Working Men, Less Working Women
A study by the Grattan Institute discovered that income gaps between fathers and mothers are due to women reducing paid work to take up more household work.
Mothers often reduce their paid work hours to take on a greater share of caring for the kids and household work. Fathers, on the other hand, typically continue their paid work and only take on some household work and caring responsibilities.
Meanwhile, the cost of running each of the household chores varies if awarded as a contract to firms handling these services.
For instance, the cost of cleaning each of the household chores is between ₦15,000-₦25,000 daily. The Extreme Clean Service offers cleaning services for different house chores between ₦15,000-₦30,000.
The cost of childcare is between ₦300,000-₦750,000 per month and ₦3.6 million-₦9 million yearly.