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Abstract
This article presents gender differences on time use for three Latin American countries. Variations on time use depend on being male or female and the roles played in the household, which are identified through the marital status, kinship and age. Gender inequalities in the global workload - defined as the sum of time spent working for the market and the time devoted to domestic tasks - are disadvantageous for women limiting their access to other opportunities because time is not an endless resource. Such inequalities are of great significance, since a higher workload for women does not represent greater well-being for them. Also, there is a lack of economic compensation for it since higher workloads rely on unpaid work. More working hours demand more effort and cause more fatigue and in many cases, greater alienation. On the other hand, free time for men means more autonomy for them, more recreation and in some cases, greater opportunities for personal enrichment (cultural or spiritual) and the strengthening of their social networks. These results lead us to consider specific necessary actions to achieve gender equality so that women can decide about their own personal use of time as a precondition to achieve equality in other fields of life
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