For a 10-hour increase in work, the proportion of women who were physically active fell by more than it did for men. 'This is one of the first studies to show how, hour for hour, women’s time for health is being squeezed'
Men with female partners can continue making time for exercise even when work hours increase – but the same doesn’t apply for women, a study has found.
Meanwhile, 34 per cent of coupled men indicated they were physically active, with the same 10-hour increase in work reducing the proportion to 32 per cent – a two percentage point drop. The findings are not surprising to Lyn Craig, a professor of sociology and social policy at the University of Melbourne, who says they reflect previous studies that found men’s leisure is not sacrificed to unpaid work and care as much as a mother’s is.
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