Do Australian Teenagers Work? Why We Should Care

Miller, Pavla

doi:10.1080/13545701.2012.731514

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“…This paper investigates predictors of domestic labor in two-generation households in which young people aged 15-34 are co-resident with their parents. We know much about the gender division of housework among adult couples (see Bianchi and Milkie 2010, for an overview), and the literature on the domestic work of children and teenagers is growing (Salman Rizavi and Sofer 2010; Evertsson 2006;Miller 2012). However, the domestic work of co-resident young adults and their parents is largely unexplored (Mitchell 2004).…”

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“…To date almost all quantitative research into young peoples' housework has looked at the time use of children and teenagers (Romich 2007;Larson and Verma 1999;Bonke 2010;Wight et al 2009;Miller 2012;Evertsson 2006). An exception is Gauthier and Furstenberg (2002), who used time diaries to describe the time allocation of young people aged 18-34.…”

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Co-resident Parents and Young People Aged 15–34: Who Does What Housework?

2014

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Young adults are now more likely to co-reside with their parents than previous generations, but domestic work patterns among this family type are largely unexplored. This study addresses this issue using Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Use Surveys (1992, 1997, 2006) and Poisson-Gamma regression analyses. It examines patterns in and correlates of domestic labor in two-generation households in which young people aged 15-34 co-reside with their parents (n = 1,946 households comprised of 2,806 young people and 5,129 parents). It differentiates between routine indoor tasks (cooking, cleaning, laundry), non-routine tasks (outdoor work, household management and maintenance, car care) and grocery shopping. Predictors of more time in some domestic activities by young people include being in neither employment nor education/training (NEET), being older, having a single parent and being in a non-English speaking household (young women). Young people being NEET, or female, are associated with less cooking time for mothers, but in the main when young people do perform domestic activities, they do not relieve their parents of those same activities, suggesting more time is spent by the household in total.

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Co-resident Parents and Young People Aged 15–34: Who Does What Housework?

2014

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“…We do so with a particular focus on young adults. While there is a growing literature on the domestic work of children and teenagers (Miller, 2012;Salman Rizavi and Sofer, 2010) and, to a much lesser extent, young adults in the family home , there is limited empirical evidence on time devoted to domestic labour among young adults more broadly. Investigating young adults' housework presents an opportunity to move beyond couple-level explanations for gender differences, since in western countries many young adults share accommodation for a period before partnering or establishing a family (Mitchell, 2004).…”

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Gender patterns in domestic labour among young adults in different living arrangements in Australia

Craig

Powell

Brown

2016

Journal of Sociology

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Most research on gender divisions of housework focuses on couple and family households. This article extends this literature to examine gender differences in domestic labour across living arrangements, with particular focus on young adults. Using time-diary data from the nationally representative Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Time Use Survey (2006) it examines the amount and composition of domestic work performed by 20–34-year-olds ( n = 889) living with parents, in a share household, alone, or in a couple, differentiating between routine and non-routine housework tasks, and between housework done for oneself only or for the household. It finds gender differences are strongest in couple households, but pertain across living arrangements, including share houses. Also, women’s domestic labour varies more by household characteristics than men’s. However, there is some evidence of non-conformity to gender stereotypes, with young men living in couple relationships contributing more time on activities for the household than young men in other households.

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“…Although most informal care is provided by working-age and older adults, young family members like Sue (paraphrased above), an 18-year-old participant in our research with young carers, also take on care-related responsibilities. "Young carers" are defined in the wider literature as young people, typically under the age of 25, who provide substantial unpaid caregiving for another person that goes beyond that which is normally expected of someone their age (Aldridge & Becker, 1993;Becker, 2007;Miller, 2012;Remtulla, Charles, & Marshall, 2012;Rose & Cohen, 2010), though what is normally expected differs greatly when considering socio-cultural differences in understandings of caregiving responsibilities (Andreouli, Skovdal & Campbell, 2013;Skovdal & Andreouli, 2011;Skovdal, Ogutu, Aoro, & Campbell, 2009).…”

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Communal Orientation, Benefit-finding, and Coping among Young Carers

Areguy

Mock

Breen

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Child & Youth Services

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A substantial body of research documents the impact of informal care on adult caregivers' wellbeing, but little is known of the experiences of young carers who attend postsecondary schools in Canada. Despite the estimated 1.25 million young people ages 15-24 assuming caregiving roles in Canada, young carers are a hidden and largely unsupported demographic in Canada. To gain a better understanding of young caregiving in Canada, the current study explores the role of communal orientation, benefit-finding, life satisfaction, and family satisfaction among young student carers. Further, we examine the mediating role of diverse coping strategies to better understand how communal orientation may be associated with wellbeing. One hundred and thirty-seven participants were recruited from two Canadian universities, and data were collected through online surveys. Results showed that while communal orientation and the use of coping strategies were positively associated with benefit finding, communal orientation was negatively associated with life satisfaction and family satisfaction. Use of instrumental support mediated the association of communal orientation with benefit finding. The findings suggest a communal orientation may help young carers find benefit in the caregiving role by enhancing the use of instrumental support coping strategies.

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Do Australian Teenagers Work? Why We Should Care

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Co-resident Parents and Young People Aged 15–34: Who Does What Housework?

Co-resident Parents and Young People Aged 15–34: Who Does What Housework?

Gender patterns in domestic labour among young adults in different living arrangements in Australia

Communal Orientation, Benefit-finding, and Coping among Young Carers

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