Every day we pull some stats from a survey and say have a chat about the findings. Today: Dividing up the household chores.

Women spend an average of 11-and-a-half hours doing housework each week, while men complete just six.

Most women say their chief responsibilities include changing sheets and cleaning the toilets, while men are mainly in charge of bins and DIY jobs.

The least popular tasks for both sexes are loo cleaning and ironing. The most popular bit of housework is cooking.

27 per cent of cohabiting couples argue about household chores several times a month, and most often among younger couples.

Changing lightbulbs, taking the bins out and DIY are the only three of 54 common domestic tasks done in more than half of cases by men, with 15 roughly shared and the rest chiefly carried out by women.

Most often done by female partners are organising play dates, health appointments, childcare and birthday parties - as well as cleaning and laundry.

Parents evenings, school plays and bedtime stories are most often seen as shared activities.

Two thirds of women say they do not want to change the balance either because it suits them or they don't trust men to do the job properly.

Source: Poll for BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Mumsnet survey.

What do you think? Are you surprised it appears women do a lot more housework than men or that there is a divide in the type of chores the different genders do? How are the household chores split up in your home – and do they ever lead to arguments? Post a comment below or on Twitter instead using #nsstatchat