家事・育児の役割増加　テレワークで働く夫―少子化白書

　政府は１４日の閣議で、２０２２年版少子化社会対策白書を決定した。この中で、子育て世帯における家事・育児の役割分担について、新型コロナウイルス流行前後を比較した調査結果を紹介。夫のみ役割が増えたとの回答は、夫がテレワークをしている場合で３６．８％、通常の働き方をしているケースで１５．８％と２倍以上の開きがあった。白書はテレワーク普及について、「家庭内の分担を見直すきっかけになっている」と指摘している。
　調査は２１年４～５月、全国の１８歳未満の子を持つ親２０６５人にインターネットで実施。感染拡大前である１９年１２月からの変化を尋ねたところ、役割分担に変化はなかったとの回答が半数を超えたが、約２割で夫のみ役割が拡大した。（2022/06/14-09:32）

Husbands in Japan, especially those working from home, have been taking on more family duties, such as child-rearing, since the novel coronavirus pandemic began in the country, a government survey showed Tuesday.
   In the survey, the government analyzed how the pandemic changed the role sharing between husbands and wives with children regarding household and child-rearing tasks. The results of the survey were included in the government's 2022 white paper on measures to deal with the country's low birthrate, which was adopted at the day's cabinet meeting.
   The spread of remote work since the start of the pandemic has provided an opportunity for reconsidering how to split household responsibilities among family members, the annual report said. The survey was conducted online in April-May 2021 on 2,065 parents with children under the age of 18.
   According to the survey, as many as 36.8 pct of teleworking husbands and wives whose husbands work remotely said only the husbands' roles increased after the viral outbreak. The proportion stood at 15.8 pct among husbands whose work styles did not change after the spread of the coronavirus.
   Asked about the situation since December 2019, before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 pct of all respondents said there was no change in the role sharing related to household work and child rearing while some 20 pct said that only the husbands saw increases in their roles.