According to the "Report on the Usage of Time in the Taiwan Region" published by the Executive Yuan's Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) in 1990, on average, women in Taiwan spend 8.8 times more time on household chores than men. Professional women spend 5.2 times the amount of time that men do on household chores, taking care of children and shopping.
根據行政院主計處在民國七十九年公佈的「台灣地區時間運用調查報告」，台灣女性花在家事上的時間，平均來說比男性多了八．八倍，職業婦女花在家事育兒購物上的時間也比有職男性要多五．二倍。