From hitting the bottle to feasting on snacks : The big changes Australian women made to their lives during lockdown – while men’s behaviour barely altered
- Australian women changed their living habits the most during coronavirus
- Women increased their eating and drinking more than men during lockdown
- Statistics also revealed that women spent more time on household chores
- The change in behaviour was linked to more women working from home
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Australian women changed their living and eating habits far more than men during the coronavirus lockdown.
More Australian women increased their time spent on household chores, drinking and eating from April to May in comparison to men.
An Australian Bureau of Statistics spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia their data reflected behavioural changes that were partially due to the fact that more women were working from home.
The spokesperson also noted women may have been more impacted by the need to home-school children.
Australian women were revealed as the group who changed their living habits the most during coronavirus lockdown. Pictured: Australian singer Ruby Mills eating at home
More women increased their eating and drinking in lockdown in comparison to men. Pictured: A woman bulk-buying alcohol from a Sydney bottle shop in March
Around 56 per cent of Australian women were working at home during the pandemic compared to 38 per cent of men.
The statistics revealed that just over a quarter of women increased their snack food consumption while in lockdown.
By comparison, only 17.6 per cent of men said they were eating more foods like chips, lollies and biscuits.
Australian women also reported an increase in alcohol consumption with 18 per cent drinking more booze in isolation.
Only 10.8 per cent of Australian men increased their drinking during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some women focused on health and wellbeing with 15.9 per cent eating more fruit and vegetables and 13.5 per cent increasing their intake of vitamins.
The statistics revealed that a larger proportion of women turned to household activities as a way to cope with COVID-19 restrictions.
Pictured: The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed more women increased their consumption of various foods and drinks than men while in isolation
Statistics also revealed that women spent more time on household chores during COVID-19
Over 45 per cent of women were shown to have increased their time spent on household chores.
Around 47.4 per cent of women also put more time into hobbies like art, craft, board games, puzzles and reading.
In comparison only 31.3 per cent of men increased their time spent on hobby activities.
Australian women spent more of their time cooking or baking, with 48.1 per cent reporting an increased amount of time in the kitchen.
Only 28.2 per cent of Aussie men said they had participated in more cooking activities.
Three in five Australians also reported increasing their screen time during the coronavirus pandemic.
Around 62 per cent of women spent more time on a screen in comparison to 53 per cent of men.
Australia continues to recover from the coronavirus with 470 cases still active.
The Australian Capital Territory and Northern territory are free of COVID-19 and the national death toll stands at 103.
More women increased their time spent on household activities like cooking amid Australia’s coronavirus lockdown. Pictured: Celebrity radio show host Rebecca Judd with her family