Cultural and Gender Differences in Gender-Role Beliefs, Sharing Household Task and Child-Care Responsibilities, and Well-Being Among Immigrants and Majority Members in The Netherlands

Vijver, Fons J. R. van de

doi:10.1007/s11199-007-9316-z

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“…This pattern was different from the results obtained among the Turks. The Turkish men and women were more bound to traditional gender roles, which is in line with other work (Van de Vijver, 2007). This agrees with the notion that in Middle Eastern cultures the cooking skills of women are highly valued (Nicolaou et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…This process contrasts with the experiences of migrants from Eastern countries, where, in terms of Schwartz' cultural value orientations, hierarchical relationships and conservative values are more important (Schwartz, 1999;Schwartz, 2006). A recent study among migrants and natives in the Netherlands shows that Turkish men and women hold more traditional gender-role beliefs and report less sharing of household tasks than nonEastern migrants and natives (Van de Vijver, 2007). A comparable study of Chinese migrants is lacking, but a study of Chinese migrants in the USA suggests a different pattern of cultural adaptation in which Asian masculinity has changed over time to include the view that masculinity can contain elements of both masculinity and femininity (Chua & Fujino, 1999).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Although there is little research on this context dependency, there are indications of recent changes in framings of masculinity in combination with more healthy food preferences with respect to meat and vegetables (Sellaeg & Chapman, 2008). In Western countries, however, gender frames are also changing due to the increasing inflow of new ethnic groups ( Van de Vijver, 2007). Immigrants are a growing part of their populations, in particular in urban centers, and ethnicity is one of the main factors that play a role in food choices (Gilbert & Khokhar, 2008).…”

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Meat and masculinity among young Chinese, Turkish and Dutch adults in the Netherlands

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The achievement of sustainability and health objectives in Western countries requires a transition to a less meat-based diet. This article investigates whether the alleged link between meat consumption and particular framings of masculinity, which emphasize that 'real men' eat meat, may stand in the way of achieving these objectives. From a theoretical perspective, it was assumed that the meat-masculinity link is not invariant but dependent on the cultural context, including ethnicity. In order to examine the link in different contexts, we analyzed whether meat-related gender differences varied across ethnic groups, using samples of young second generation Chinese Dutch, Turkish Dutch and native Dutch adults (aged 18-35) in the Netherlands. The Turkish group was the most traditional; it showed the largest gender differences and the strongest meat-masculinity link. In contrast, the native group showed the smallest gender differences and the weakest meat-masculinity link. The findings suggest that the combination of traditional framings of masculinity and the Western type of food environment where meat is abundant and cheap is bound to seriously hamper a transition to a less meat-based diet. In contrast, less traditional framings of masculinity seem to contribute to more healthy food preferences with respect to meat. It was concluded that cultural factors related to gender and ethnic diversity can play harmful and beneficial roles for achieving sustainability and health objectives.

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“…It is acknowledged that differences in rates of women's LFP crossnationally are linked not only to policy regimes but also to local, country-specific gender norms (Charles 2011). Since gender norms and values are subject to early socialisation processes (Bandura 1997;Moen, Erickson, and Dempster-Mcclain 1997;Burt and Scott 2002), we expect gender role attitudes to vary across ethnic groups (Kane 2000;van de Vijver 2007), and therefore contribute to explaining ethnic differences in women's labour force transitions.…”

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Labour market entries and exits of women from different origin countries in the UK

Khoudja

Platt

2018

Social Science Research

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In the context of increasing women's labour force participation (LFP) across Western countries, there remain large differences in LFP for women of different ethnic origins.While existing research has demonstrated that part of these differences can be attributed to compositional differences (age, qualifications, family context etc.) and to differences in gender role attitudes and religiosity, residual 'ethnic effects' typically remain. Further insight into the drivers of such differences has the potential to inform us about factors shaping women's LFP more widely. In this paper we exploit a largescale longitudinal study of the UK to investigate ethnic differences in both LFP entry and exit probabilities. We examine how far we can account for overall ethnic differences in LFP entry and exit, taking account of individual characteristics, gender role attitudes and religiosity, and the contribution of relevant life-course events. We find that, adjusting for all these factors, Indian and Caribbean women do not differ from White majority women in their labour force entry and exit probabilities but that Pakistani and Bangladeshi women are less likely to enter and more likely to exit the labour market, while Black African women have higher entry rates. We also find that Pakistani and Bangladeshi women's labour market entries and exits are less sensitive to partnership and child-bearing events than other women's.

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“…The economic reasons for immigration were already confi rmed (Boski, 2013;Szymańska, 2015). Although the studies into the acculturation of immigrants have been conducted (van de Vijver, 2007;Rodher, Muhlau, 2014) and some of them investigated the eff ects of immigration with Vietnamese samples looking at their approach to family life and family values (Rosenthal et al, 1996), such studies -to the author's knowledge -were not conducted with Vietnamese living in Poland. Similarly, little is known about their opinions on gender equality, especially in comparison with opinions pertaining in modern Vietnam.…”

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Gender Equality in Family Relations of Vietnamese Living in Vietnam and Poland

Hai

2016

FoliaPsych

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Gender equality is an important aspect of a happy family. It is expressed in equality of tasks sharing, decisions related to organization of family life, equal treatment of daughters and sons etc. The main aim of the study was to look at the eff ect of immigration on the perception of gender equality. Respondents of this study were 196 Vietnamese living in Vietnam (100 persons) and Poland (96 persons). Methods of the study included: the purposely designed questionnaire administered to all participants and the in-depth interview conducted with 15 Vietnamese who got married to Poles. Two types of family relations are the main focus of the paper: a relation between spouses and between parents and off spring. The results indicate equality of husbands and wives in work and economic aspects, as both work outside the house and contribute fi nancially. Although participants overtly confi rmed the equality of children of both sexes, but in particular situations they still expressed some preference for sons. Such pattern of results is confi rmed in both groups of participants.

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Cultural and Gender Differences in Gender-Role Beliefs, Sharing Household Task and Child-Care Responsibilities, and Well-Being Among Immigrants and Majority Members in The Netherlands

Cited by 99 publications

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Meat and masculinity among young Chinese, Turkish and Dutch adults in the Netherlands

Meat and masculinity among young Chinese, Turkish and Dutch adults in the Netherlands

Labour market entries and exits of women from different origin countries in the UK

Gender Equality in Family Relations of Vietnamese Living in Vietnam and Poland

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