Person responsible for various housekeeping roles in the U.S. 2013 | Statista

This statistic depicts the person responsible for various housekeeping roles in the United States in 2013. The survey revealed that 80.5 percent of respondents stock the medicine cabinet themselves.

Beyond the regular grocery shopping, which member of your household, yourself or someone else, would you describe is primarily responsible for the following:

Characteristic	Yourself	Share equally	Spouse or other
Stock the medicine cabinet	80.5%	15%	4.5%
Do the laundry	77.8%	16.8%	5.4%
Shop for other than groceries	74.4%	19.9%	5.7%
Clean the house	69.5%	18.8%	11.8%
Do yard or garden work	29.9%	21.4%	48.7%
Do household repairs	28.5%	12.5%	59%

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Release date

February 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 5-7 and October 12-14, 2012

Number of respondents

1,002 respondents

Special properties

female respondents

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