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Beijing: women have more fun, men cook lessPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, November 14, 2006 12:41 PM
A few weeks ago, Sohu.com published a story called Life Changes in Beijing in the last 20 Years: Women Begin to Have Time to Have Fun and Men Are Further Away from Kitchen. Danwei reader Zhang Xiaomin sent in the below translation: Beijing Evening Daily reports, the Leisure Economics Research Center of the People's University recently conducted a survey on Beijingers' time allocation in the past 20 years. The survey found that compared to twenty years ago, Beijingers spend more time traveling, sleeping and working. Beijing women begin to have time to have fun as men do, and Beijing men are further away from kitchen. Housework: 40 minutes less per day Leisure Activities: Beijingers seek variety Leisure Time: More Increase in Women than Men Cooking Time: Men Cook Less and Less Sleeping Time: 49 Minutes More Per Day Wang Qiyan, the director of the Leisure Economics Research Center, explains that the reasons include the increase of rest days, and Beijing's aging population. In addition, the increased of stay-home women is also an important contributing factor to the increase in average sleeping time. Work Commute: 21 Minutes More Everyday Wang explains that the 9-minute increase in commuting is a result of various factors. On one hand, with the expansion of the city and people moving to suburbs, the distance between work and home
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