More Indian women could opt for paid work if they found reliable caregivers

Women spend 9.4 hours a day doing some kind of unpaid work as against 17 mins a day doing paid work

More mothers with young children could opt for paid work if they found reliable alternative caregivers to take care of family-related responsibilities, a survey in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district shows.

The baseline survey of 3,177 mothers with children in the 1-6 years age group has found that on average the respondents spent 9.4 hours each day doing some kind of unpaid work as against 17 minutes per day doing paid work.