MNHQ here: calling all women in the UK, we'd love you to complete this survey (£100 voucher to be won)

[JustineBMumsnet]

Mumsnet HQ would like to find out a bit more about the experiences women have had under lockdown, and particularly how recent circumstances may have affected careers and the sharing of domestic responsibilities.

This survey is open to all female Mumsnet users (you don't have to have a child) in the UK.

Click here to complete the survey.

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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Done, but not sure how valid the data is going to be. No option to note that I was on mat leave at the start of the lock down, or that my job is permanent WFH anyway. Also a lot of questions about my partner and what he thinks, you should probably ask him those. Also lockdown has been in place on and off for a year now, a lot has changed, the survey doesn't ever ask if the roles have changed at home in that time.

Yeah I have done it, but like most surveys it wasn't well written. The questions and statements seemed to be designed to get a certain kind of result.

I think I did this one earlier in the week (it looks different on a mobile device). One thing I remember was missing was the "Thinking" side of things. On the surface, if you look at my answers, it's like Dh and I are, overall, more or less 50/50. But I'd argue that's not the case. eg he does do a lot of cleaning but quite often "his" chores are only done much later or they're done after I (gently) remind him 5 times.

I work full time and he's not working so he's doing the homeschooling etc, but DD still eats earlier than us and yet I have to remind him to feed her every night!? I'm not really complaining but I think it is a thing!

A question about which partner was the main breadwinner would have been useful.

Agree - it doesn't ask about comparative working hours between you and your partner, which makes all the "who does more work around the house" questions a bit meaningless.

@endlesswicker and @Muskox yes, these are both good points too and are v closely linked to mine and also, my answers. Again, on the surface, it's al 50/50 for us, but I'm doing 100% of the financial earning (not blaming DH for that - he can't work due to pandemic closing his workplace AND he is compensating by homeschooling) but it does impact overall responsibilities.

My teenagers do a fair bit around the house - couldn't reflect that.

Thank you for the sex / gender distinction though.

Done; but I agree the bias towards those with partners and those with actual choices made this an uncomfortable set of questions.
If this survey about working mums isn’t for me because MN doesn’t recognise me, where to I go to be seen or heard
FTR I’m a working mum. I work pt in food retail and I’m a single mum of 2 primary aged kids. There will be hundreds of thousands of women like me. I’m far from unusual.

Bizarre questions which seemed skewed towards a certain outcome. DH is NHS and we’ve seen little of him at times, because of COVID.

This was really difficult to answer when you are farmers and have never not worked from home because your home is your work and your work is your home.

It seems to assume everyone's job is sat at a desk behind a computer.

DH has seen more of the children because they are physically here rather than at school and not because he is working more flexibly etc.

I also struggled to reflect my experiences within the narrow frame of the questions as a government employee who couldn't be furloughed and had more work than ever due to covid.

The questions all seemed to be framed around trying to collect data about women having to have had to put their employment at risk to manage it all. I've nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to manage it all but my employment has never been at risk, just my mental health.

Done

Voucher for what?