The personal needs women put off
16%
16% had put off sleep or rest personal need or activity amid responsibilities — the most common answer.
n = 3,004 women across the United States · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
sleep or rest16%
personal errands12%
exercise12%
medical appointments12%
seeing friends11%
a hobby10%
a vacation or break9%
dental appointments8%
mental health support or therapy8%
career development4%
0%50%100%
Figures are rounded and may not total exactly 100%.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,004
- Population
- women across the United States
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Women and the Mental Load
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "The personal needs women put off" Survey of 3,004 women across the United States, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/the-personal-needs-women-put-off
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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