House chores from a wheelchair

The majority of British women still report doing most of the housekeeping – and are less happy about the situation than men.

British women today are still responsible for the majority of traditional chores associated with housekeeping, new YouGov research confirms. 61% of women say that they do the majority of the cleaning and tidying in their household and 57% say that they do the majority of the cooking. Only 5% say  their husband or boyfriend does the majority of cleaning and 12% the cooking.

The only area of housework in which men report doing the majority of the work is fixing things around the house. 72% of men felt that they were most likely to fix something that was broken, only 2% believed their female partner was more likely to. Even this, however, is viewed slightly differently by women: 26% of women felt that they were most likely to fix something that was broken, with 37% believing their partner was more likely to.

Watch how cleaning doesn't have to be a chore when you're in a wheelchair.