Overview
- Nationally, 51.6% of total work time goes to unpaid productive activities and 48.4% to paid work, with average total work at 59.6 hours per week and a 3.1-hour gender gap.
- Women devote 9.4 more weekly hours than men to caring for children aged 0–5 and 5.3 more hours to caring for people with illness or disability.
- The unpaid-work gender gap expands sharply for indigenous-language speakers (27.3 hours) and for residents of localities under 10,000 inhabitants (26.4 hours).
- Michoacán places fifth for unpaid-work inequality, with women at 39 hours per week versus men at 17.5, total work averaging 60.2 hours, and one in six women saying they want less time on domestic tasks.
- Leisure patterns show men spend slightly more time on media, hobbies and sports, and sleep averages 7.6 hours per day for men versus 7.4 for women.