Research on Fatigue (Part 6)

Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue on Husbands and Wives

Abstract

In the previous reports on the time budget, it was made clear that married women who have jobs work more hours than wives who do not have jobs, and moreover the former has to do domestic duties on holidays. Practically there are no holidays for them.
Recently, more married women tend to work out for their living, while it has become harder to find domestic helpers. The present investigation aimed to clarify the state of such couples' fatigue.
It has been concluded that the subjective symptoms are observed more evidently in the evening than in the morning and more on weekdays than on holidays, and their significant differences are obtained with wives who have jobs.
A comparative study of subjective symptoms of fatigue on four different subject groups-husbands whose wives have jobs, husbands whose wives do not have jobs, wives who have jobs, and wives who do not have jobs-shows that such symptoms are observed most frequently in wives who have jobs, and least frequently in wives who do not have jobs.