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13/06/2016
The research, which has been commissioned as part of LV='s Home Truths Index, found that housewives and househusbands are the happiest in their careers, even if they do work more than 60 hours in a five-day week.
Just one in seven, or 13%, of homemakers are dissatisfied in their role, which is less than half of those working as civil servants, social care workers and retail workers. Factors which are said to contribute to a homemaker's happiness include being able to spend time with their children, low stress levels and flexible working hours.
Despite this flexibility, however, the hours are still much longer than other people expect. For example, on average, people think homemakers work 31 hours a week. In reality, on average, they work 66 hours a week, with responsibilities such as childcare, cooking and cleaning taking up a majority of their time.
With this in mind, if a homemaker was unable to do their normal household tasks because of an accident or illness, it would take less than six days for their homes to fall into disarray. A fifth (19%) of homes with a housewife or househusband would have to pay for help like a cleaner or childminder, while just over half (51%) would have to dip into their savings to do so. One in 10 (10%) would have to rely on credit cards.
Elsewhere, on average, families would only be able to manage to pay for help for just 18 days before they ran out of savings or had to borrow money.
Myles Rix, Managing Director of Protection at LV=, said: "Despite being crucial to many households in the UK, very few families have protection in place that would allow them to pay for help if the homemaker was unable to do their day-to-day tasks.
"It makes sense to guard against unnecessary household stress by ensuring that both the breadwinner and homemaker are covered by income protection."
(JP/LM)
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Homemakers Have Happiest Job In UK – Survey
A new survey has revealed that homemakers are happier than those working in any other occupation in the UK. However, they also work double the amount of hours most people think.The research, which has been commissioned as part of LV='s Home Truths Index, found that housewives and househusbands are the happiest in their careers, even if they do work more than 60 hours in a five-day week.
Just one in seven, or 13%, of homemakers are dissatisfied in their role, which is less than half of those working as civil servants, social care workers and retail workers. Factors which are said to contribute to a homemaker's happiness include being able to spend time with their children, low stress levels and flexible working hours.
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Despite this flexibility, however, the hours are still much longer than other people expect. For example, on average, people think homemakers work 31 hours a week. In reality, on average, they work 66 hours a week, with responsibilities such as childcare, cooking and cleaning taking up a majority of their time.
With this in mind, if a homemaker was unable to do their normal household tasks because of an accident or illness, it would take less than six days for their homes to fall into disarray. A fifth (19%) of homes with a housewife or househusband would have to pay for help like a cleaner or childminder, while just over half (51%) would have to dip into their savings to do so. One in 10 (10%) would have to rely on credit cards.
Elsewhere, on average, families would only be able to manage to pay for help for just 18 days before they ran out of savings or had to borrow money.
Myles Rix, Managing Director of Protection at LV=, said: "Despite being crucial to many households in the UK, very few families have protection in place that would allow them to pay for help if the homemaker was unable to do their day-to-day tasks.
"It makes sense to guard against unnecessary household stress by ensuring that both the breadwinner and homemaker are covered by income protection."
(JP/LM)
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