Why a womans work is never done

On average,women stop doing housework at 8 pm. Add in a full-time job and they are working 50 hours per week.

Four in 10 feel guilty if they leave their house untidy and 92 per cent multi-task,doing several chores at once,the report said.

More than 10 per cent spend four hours a day on household tasks,equal to two months a year,research by electronics company Philips PerfectCare found.

Half of women say lack of time is the main obstacle to keeping the home clean and tidy,with misbehaving children coming second.