Abstract
Our concern is to consider the houses of DEWKS' families. In this report we analyze the influence of the mother's employment condition on the housework sharing, working space and communication space. We surveyed 301 couples and obtained information through a questionnaire. The findings of our survey are as follows :
1) The majority of husbands share in no housework. And wives, who are even full-time workers, are charged with about 90% of the housework.
2) The wives, both full-time and part-time workers, spend about 40% of their waking hours on housework at home.
3) The full-time working wives shorten the time for cleaning and cooking, and spend more time for upbringing than part-time working wives.
4) The housework allotted to husbands is chiefly in the area of child rearing. Though the husbands have the intention of sharing in child rearing, they make little time for it.
5) Nearly half of housework-time is spent in the kitchen, followed by the living room and the dining room.
6) The living rooms are used for personal activities, housework and activities that dislike others' presence, in addition to the original purposes. The living rooms in DEWKS' families are used as a multipurpose room.
