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Honey Doesn't List: Recent Study Shows Married Women Waiting a Long Time for Husbands to Complete Household Jobs
Honey Doesn't List: Recent Study Shows Married Women Waiting a Long Time for Husbands to Complete Household Jobs
TREVOSE, Pa., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey sponsored by Mighty
Putty(TM), a powerful household epoxy, revealed the reality of Honey-Do lists
in American households. While 94% of married women surveyed maintain a
Honey-Do list, respondents revealed that 78% of the tasks on these lists
remain unfinished for some period of time.
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Over one-third (37%) of women surveyed indicated that tasks stay on their
list of unfinished household projects for weeks; another 25% said tasks linger
for months; and 16% said it takes years for jobs to be checked off. (See
Figure A.)
71% of women surveyed were likely to have between one and nine tasks on
their Honey-Do list at any given time. While women ages 25-35 were more likely
to indicate there were 10 to 15 tasks on their list, more experienced wives
(ages 56-67) were more likely to have fewer than 5 tasks listed. Comments from
respondents indicated that reducing the number of tasks or "requesting" the
completion of one task at a time helped move projects along.
Tasks most likely to linger on the list for over six months included
cleaning and organizing the attic/garage (40%), painting (39%) and repairs of
wall cracks, drywall and dings (23%). When a task lingers on the Honey-Do
list, 44% of women indicated they would typically end up doing the job
themselves. Others let tasks remain undone indefinitely (20%) or called a
professional after a few days (4%), a few weeks (13%), a few months (17%) or a
few years (2%). One respondent simply gave up, saying, "After years of it...he
now lives inTexas and I live inKansas!"
"Not surprisingly, many of the Honey-Do tasks involve basic household
repair. This study showed that many of the Honey-Do tasks that go undone could
be easily addressed with Mighty Putty," said Bill McAlister for Mighty Putty.
"Whether that helps husbands look good by handling their wives' requests or
lets women save themselves disappointment by addressing tasks themselves,
having a few sticks of Mighty Putty on hand may help keep the household
together in more ways than one."
Mighty Putty commissioned the research firm Market Reader Pro to execute
this study of over 300 married American women ages 25 -- 65 in order to
document the nature of common home projects that go undone.
Mighty Putty is a powerful bonding epoxy stick that can be molded to any
shape and applied to metal, glass, PVC, wood, wall board, ceramics, tile, and
concrete for a durable bond. For more information, please visit
www.mightyputty.com.
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