Yet taking care of children is much more pleasant than doing housework or paid work: Parents feel very happy during their time in 21% of housework activities and 19% of their work-related activities.
Concerning the in-house activities it can be observed that personal care and Housework activities are more frequently carried out by single component households (4 weekly activities which represent the 36% of the total weekly activities).
Beside the occupational exposure, the data for sitting and kneeling or squatting also include housework activities.
Finally, French men, like their female counterparts spend similar amounts of time in housework activities as married ones.
Housework activities are recorded as yes or no, and paid or unpaid work, requiring some PA, is recorded in hours/week.
MET intensity scores were based on the Compendium of Physical Activities [ 28], with the exception of walking and light housework activities, for which field-based measures among pregnant women were used [ 27].
Levels of physical activity at ages 12 and 30 years were assessed using a series of questions on the duration and frequency of leisure, occupation-related and housework activities.
The role of women as homemakers is another issue that remains inadequately conceptualized, although housework activities expose women to risk factors that often aggravate workplace exposures [ Messing et al., 2003; Habib et al., 2010].
The FAI [ 32] scores the actual activities undertaken by patients and can be divided in three domains: domestic housework, indoor activities and outdoor activities.
They were planning to continue their home exercise programme and use common physical activities (walking, gardening, housework, leisure activities) as informal exercise.
