“…On the other hand, the life-course perspective emphasizes that the effects of economic resources on housework participation might vary depending on the life-course stage (Baxter, Hewitt, & Haynes, 2008;Coltrane & Ishii-kuntz, 1992;He & Zhou, 2018;Kan & Gershuny, 2010;Nitsche & Grunow, 2016;Zhou, 2016Zhou, , 2017Zhou, Wu, & He, 2017). However, many assumptions in the life-course analysis of housework participation, especially those derived from the processes of gender socialization and the effects of life transitions, remain unquestioned and continue to be applied directly to the cultural contexts other than in the global north.…”