Forced to Work from Home: Division of Unpaid Work between Parents and the Relation to Job Satisfaction

This study investigates the division of household chores and caregiving tasks during COVID-19 pandemic, considering influence participants’ sex, work arrangement, parental status. Additionally, it aims to understand relationship these variables with job satisfaction. Specifically, this analyses role sex status in increase unpaid roles arrangements (namely telework on-site work), These were measured analyzed a sample 268 workers Portugal (57.8% whom teleworking) pandemic lockdowns. Taken together, results suggest that despite prepandemic advances gender equality men women perceiving an their domestic workload lockdowns, there significant inequalities between work. intensified for couples young children not mitigated by changes such as telework. For women, lack sharing while teleworking decreased them, moderates The same was true men. Despite optimistic view might promote more equal work, shows is still mostly performed important consequences paid sphere.