Loading ...In yet another absurd study that pretty much only proves that studies prove nothing, stay-at-home moms apparently would be compensated $117,000 each year for the work they do at home.
Most of the inflated figures come from the supposed overtime that’s worked each week – with moms reporting a typical work week of 94.4 hours. Uh… yeah… sure. So let’s do a little math on that one. Each week consists of 168 hours. Subtract 56 for sleep (8 hours a day) and that leaves you with 112 hours. Take out a couple hours each day for eating and you’ve now been left with 30 minutes each day that doesn’t involve sleeping, eating, or working? Uh, yeah. My guess is that some of these mothers lied just a bit.
Oh, and don’t bother bringing in the fact that I’m sure the fathers contribute a decent amount after their normal work hours as well. Unless the moms surveyed were unlucky enough to find themselves with husbands who never clean, cook, play with their kids, drive their family anywhere, help with homework, etc. etc. I’m not saying stay-at-home mothers don’t do a hell of a lot, but these inflated figures are hilarious.
File that under 94.4 hours * 52 weeks * $10 an hour = about $50,000.
Tags: stay-at-home moms
July 31st, 2008 at 11:15 am
Okay, just for the sake of also being a naysayer, your math is a little off.
Assuming that they make only $10/h (which is pennies compaired to what nurses/maids/daycare/taxidrivers/teachers/tutors make)
then assuming that they dont get paid over time until they have passed 44 hours a work (mandatory Canadain labour law) and that they dont have a union (so the over time would likely be only 1.5 that of regular pay) the pay would still come out to be $62 192.
This is still under the previous $117 000 but i just wanted to correct the math you had. however if you increaded the wages and assumed that they had a union (therefore over time could be 1.75 or even 2 times regular pay) the higher pay could be better.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I am betting the person who typed this little blurb out and the person who commented on this blurb are both men.