Study: Women Prefer Paid Jobs to Housework and Men Agree

Most women around the world would prefer to be working at paid jobs, and nearly as many men agree with them, even in regions with traditionally fewer women in the workforce, according to research released on Tuesday. Only a third of women and men would prefer to see women stay at home, said the report by the U.N. International Labour Organization and U.S. polling organization Gallup Inc. Half of the world’s working age women participate in the labor market, compared with three-quarters of men, the ILO said.