Women more likely than men to say they do most of the meal preparation, grocery shopping % ofU.S. adults living with a spouse or partner who say they Are the usual grocery shopper
More than half of married couples in the United States say sharing household chores is “very important” to a successful marriage. But when it comes to grocery shopping and cooking, women tend to say they’re the ones usually doing the work, according to a time-use survey sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
In U.S. households consisting of married or cohabiting parents and one or more children under the age of 18, 80% of mothers say they are the household member who usually prepares the meals – the same as the share who say they are the primary grocery shopper, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Some 71% of moms say they primarily handle both chores.
This compares with about two-in-ten fathers in this type of household who say they are the person who usually prepares the meals (19%) or grocery shops (20%). About one-in-ten (11%) say they are the one who usually does both tasks.
Dads are about twice as likely as moms to say these chores are split equally: 20% of dads say meal preparation is split equally, compared with 10% of moms. There is a similar pattern for grocery shopping (23% vs. 11%).
Women more likely than men to say they do most  | of the meal preparation, grocery shopping  | % ofU.S. adults living with a spouse or partner who say they  | Are the usual meal prepper  | Split meal prep equally  | Women  | 80%  | 10%  | With kids  | 19%  | Men  | 20%  | 75  | 13  | No kids  | 22  | 19  | Are the usual grocery shopper  | Split grocery shopping equally  | Women  | 80%  | 11%  | With kids  | Men  | 20%  | 23%  | 68  | 19  | No kids  | 23  | 27  | Note: The analysis looked at adults living with a spouse or unmarried partner.  | Households with kids included two parents and at least one child under the age of 18.  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of 2014-2016 Bureau of Labor Statistics  | American Time Use Survey data  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 