Marital Power in France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and the United States: A Cross-National Discussion

Rodman, Hyman

doi:10.2307/349693

“…In addition, equity-oriented exchange processes tend to be ingrained in a zero-sum game structure (Kranichfeld 1987). However, Rodman (1967Rodman ( , 1972 argued that resource theory must be placed within a cultural context. Zuo (2008) proposed a relation-oriented exchange model in Chinese villages as opposed to an equity-oriented exchange model.…”

Section: Wives' Relative Income Personal Commitment and Marital Happmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relative Income and Marital Happiness Among Urban Chinese Women: The Moderating Role of Personal Commitment

Zhang

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Tsang

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2012

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Compared with the rich knowledge in the West, studies of the impact of wives' relative income on marital quality during the fast socioeconomic change period in urban China have surprisingly fallen far behind. This study attempted to examine the impact of relative income on marital happiness among urban Chinese women. Using an urban Beijing sample of 763 married women, this study found that a woman married to a husband with lower income tended to be less happy with her marriage, but this effect will be countered if there is more love in the sense of a genuine concern about the well-being of the partner and a willing to make sacrifice for him. The results were interpreted from theoretical verification and possible mechanisms linking personal commitment and marital happiness.

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Based on data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), the theory of resources in cultural context proposed by Hyman Rodman (1967Rodman ( , 1970 is tested by analyzing the impact of spouses' relative resources on the division of housework in egalitarian, transitional, and traditional cultural contexts. It is found that the relative resources of the spouses are effective not only in transitional cultural contexts, but that they actually have a greater impact on the division of housework in transitional contexts than in egalitarian or traditional contexts.

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Gender Ideologies, Relative Resources, and the Division of Housework in Intimate Relationships: A Test of Hyman Rodman's Theory of Resources in Cultural Context

Diefenbach

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2002

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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Based on data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), the theory of resources in cultural context proposed by Hyman Rodman (1967Rodman ( , 1970 is tested by analyzing the impact of spouses' relative resources on the division of housework in egalitarian, transitional, and traditional cultural contexts. It is found that the relative resources of the spouses are effective not only in transitional cultural contexts, but that they actually have a greater impact on the division of housework in transitional contexts than in egalitarian or traditional contexts. In accordance with Rodman's theory, this article shows that the division of housework between spouses is not easily explained by either relative resources or gender ideologies, and interaction effects are found to be significant.

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“…This conflict affects family values and is a source of tension between couples (Burroughs & Rindfleisch, 2002). Rodman (1967) proposed that the balance of power in families is affected by cultural affiliation. Centers et al (1971) found a small but significant relationship between the power of a husband and being religious.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%