This article focuses on how dual-income heterosexual couples make financial decisions. Dual-income households have increased considerably in the last three decades in most developed countries. The study was based in Spain and involved qualitative interviews with couples, with each couple interviewed together and separately. This innovative technique allows researchers to study financial decision-making processes and to detect gender inequalities that may appear during negotiations. Analysis of decision making among the couples in the sample provides evidence that, despite claims of equality, not all decisions are negotiated or made by consensus. On the contrary, decisions are often the consequence of established social norms, and, frequently, there are issues that couples exclude from negotiation.Money, dual-earner couples, family, gender inequality, intra-household allocation, JEL Codes: A14, B54, D1,
Resumen Abstract original adicciones vol. xx, nº x · 2018Despite the implementation of prevention policies aimed at addressing alcohol consumption among both adolescents and young adults, there has been a considerable increase in those who abuse alcohol in Spain over the last decade. Official surveys on this phenomenonshow that both the prevalence and risky consumption of men and women are reaching similar levels, with even higher figures for these behaviours in the case of girls at the end of adolescence.The aim of this article is to understand the influence of gender roles in the consumption of alcohol among adolescents and young adults.To this end, focus groups have been employed to identify similarities and differences both in drinking patterns and alcohol abuse among young males and females, as well as in the social meaning that both groups attribute to these practices.The results obtained show that the variables gender and age act in a combined way on the learning of alcohol consumption, as well as on the motivations and expectations that adolescents and young adults have regarding these practices. In addition, in this study three differentiated stages are identified: in the first, gender roles are clearly defined; in the second, there is a certain transgression of these roles mainly by young women, and in the third, there is a return to traditional gender roles.Keywords: Gender; Alcohol; Adolescence; Young adult; Qualitative research.A pesar del desarrollo de políticas de prevención dirigidas a abordar el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes y jóvenes, durante la última década se ha producido un aumento considerable de quienes realizan un consumo abusivo de esta sustancia en España. Las encuestas oficiales sobre este fenómeno muestran un acercamiento entre varones y mujeres en las prevalencias de consumo y en los consumos de riesgo, e incluso una mayor incidencia de estas conductas en el caso de las mujeres al final de la etapa adolescente.El objetivo de este artículo es conocer la influencia que ejercen los roles de género en estas pautas de consumo en adolescentes y jóvenes. Para ello, se han realizado grupos focales que han permitido identificar las similitudes y diferencias que se producen tanto en las prácticas de consumo y abuso del alcohol que desarrollan estos colectivos, como en el significado social que unos y otras atribuyen a las citadas prácticas.Los resultados obtenidos muestran que las variables género y edad actúan de forma combinada en el aprendizaje del consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, así como en las motivaciones y expectativas que los y las adolescentes y jóvenes tienen sobre dichas prácticas. Además, en este estudio se identifican tres etapas diferenciadas, en la primera de ellas los roles de género se encuentran claramente definidos, en la segunda se observa cierta transgresión de los mismos fundamentalmente por parte de las mujeres y en la última se advierte una vuelta a los tradicionales roles de género.Palabras clave: Género; Alcohol; Adolescencia; Juventud; Investigación cualitativa...
ResumenLa participación social de las mujeres, sobre todo su incorporación al mercado de trabajo, es uno de los cambios sociales más significativos de las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, a pesar de la vinculación que existe entre la situación de las mujeres dentro y fuera de la familia, apenas hay investigaciones que nos permitan conocer si han variado y cómo lo han hecho las relaciones de género en el ámbito privado. Este artículo se centra en entender cómo se construyen las parejas modernas y con qué obstáculos se encuentran a la hora de poner en práctica formas de relación igualitarias. Palabras clave: género, familia, parejas de doble ingreso, poder, igualdad. Abstract. Between Tradition and Modernity: Dual-Income Spanish CouplesThe participation of women in social life, in particular their incorporation into the labour market, has been one of the more significant changes in the last decades. Although there is a link between the situation of women inside and outside the family, not enough research has been done to allow us to know if these changes in the public sphere are transferred to the private one. This paper tries to discover how modern couples build up their relationships and which are the obstacles to establish egalitarian couples.
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