The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global health and economic crisis, the complex consequences of which have affected people's everyday lives and their roles within families. The Republic of Croatia, like most other countries, has implemented drastic measures to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The suspension of classes and regular activities in educational institutions, remote work and learning, and other prescribed physical distancing measures have shifted a wide range of activities from the public sphere to the private one. In these new circumstances, families had to take responsibility for their successful execution. Therefore, the aim of this study, based on a quantitative research paradigm, was to investigate changes in the perception of the division of household chores and childcare responsibilities between men and women in relation to their partners during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to before its onset. The research found that neither women nor men perceive changes in the distribution of routine and intermittent household chores and childcare compared to their partners during the pandemic, as compared to before the pandemic. However, the research results indicate the existence of an unequal distribution of household chores and childcare between men and women, especially in the category of routine household chores.