A study of 500 dual-earner families finds that fathers and mothers are spending
roughly equal amounts of time doing paid and unpaid work, but mothers are
spending nine more hours a week multitasking.
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
November 30 2011, 10:59 PM PST
With growing evidence that the American dad has stepped up his game when it
comes to housework and child care, U.S. households would seem to have been swept
clean of gender inequity. But a new study finds that women outpace men in doing
more than one task at a time — and they are paying an emotional cost for
doing so.
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http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-multitasking-parents-20111201,0,2201901.story