Why do married men and women work longer than unmarried

Why do married men and women work longer than unmarriedWhy do married men and women work longer than unmarriedI stumbled on an interesting statistic this morning as I welches perusing the web for, well, interesting stuff. This one is about the average working hours of married men and women vs. those who are unmarried.According to theBureau of Labor StatisticsMarried men work an average of4.6 more hoursper week compared with unmarried men.Married women work 1.6 hours more.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreInterestingSome thoughts that might account for this discrepancyMarried men and women are older and have developed a more sophisticated work ethic?Married men and women are deeper into their careers where workloads are heavier and job demands are greaterTheir home life isnt the best, and work is their escape?Also interesting The average number of weekly hours worked by those in th e sweet spot of their careers (between 25 and 54) was just over 40 hours which, if you look at some of the working hours among those in the personal finance community, isnt bad.In fact, working just 40 hours a week feels like a cherry gigI worked 40 hours a week early in my career, but that quickly escalated to 50, 60 and sometimes much more. But, Ive also known folks to regularly pull 120 hour work weeks which, frankly, sounds downright awful.Other interesting working statisticsThe BLS is a wealth of information, and Im a sucker for statistics even though Im well aware they are, what my former statistics professor used to tell us, the art of deception.Fromthis surveyMany more people workedon weekdaysthanon weekend days 82 percent of employed persons worked on an average weekday, compared with 33 percent on an average weekend day.Multiple jobholders were more likely to work on an average weekday than were single jobholders- 92 percent, compared with 81 percent.On the days they work ed, 83 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at their workplace and23 percent did some or all of their work at home. Employed persons spent more time working at the workplace than at home- 8.0 hours, compared with 3.1 hours.Among workers age 25 and over, those with anadvanced degree were more likely to work at homethan were persons with lower levels of educational attainment- 46 percent of those with an advanced degree performed some work at home on days worked, compared with 12 percent of those with a high school diploma. Workers with an advanced degree also were more likely to work on an average day than were those with a high school diploma- 73 percent, compared with 68 percent.Notice the increasing propensity of the workforce working from home for at least part of their job responsibilities. Nearly a quarter are doing thatAnd, the more advanced your degree is, the more likely youll work a portion of your job from home. This might indicate that advanced degree holders are working more with computers and other technology-related jobs, most of which can be done from anywhere.This article originally appeared on ThinkSaveRetire.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people