The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland

Sousa‐Poza, Alfonso; Schmid, Hans Bernhard; Widmer, Rolf

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55573-2_5

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“…In general, the 2001In general, the /2002In general, the (1991In general, the /1992 model explains 35% (37%) of the amount of housework done by women in partnerships. The explained variance of housework for men is much smaller than that observed for women, about 15% (12%), which is a common finding (e.g., Sousa-Poza et al 2001). …”

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confidence: 80%

“…Hence, despite a slight reduction in the disparity of housework division between the sexes, a great amount of inequality still exists. This is a finding that can also be observed in other countries (e.g., Baxter 2002;Gershuny 1999;Sousa-Poza et al 2001;Sullivan 2000). Furthermore, there also appears to be some international evidence that while differences between genders are gradually getting smaller, this is primarily due to the relatively large decline in women's time spent on household work and less on men increasing their share (Baxter 2002).…”

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Explaining Gender Differences in Housework Time in Germany

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2010

J Consum Policy

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Explaining Gender Differences in Housework Time in Germany

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Sousa‐Poza

2010

J Consum Policy

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“…Some have argued that Tobit models are more appropriate in such circumstances, assuming a latent propensity to do an activity, and that negative values of this propensity are censored at zero (see for example Sousa-Poza et al 2001). Others counter that time spent in an activity cannot take values less than zero and that the observed zeroes that originally motivated the Tobit estimation strategy such as whether or not consumer goods were bought, are different from the zeroes observed in time diary data (Wight et al 2009).…”

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Domestic Outsourcing, Housework Shares and Subjective Time Pressure: Gender Differences in the Correlates of Hiring Help

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Baxter

2014

Soc Indic Res

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We use data from matched dual earner couples from the Australian Time Use Survey 2006 (n = 926 couples) to investigate predictors of different forms of domestic outsourcing, and whether using each type of paid help is associated with reduced time in male or female-typed tasks, narrower gender gaps in housework time and/or lower subjective time pressure. Results suggest domestic outsourcing does not substitute for much household time, reduces domestic time for men at least as much as for women, and does not ameliorate gender gaps in domestic labor. The only form of paid help associated with significant change in gender shares of domestic work was gardening and maintenance services, which were associated with women doing a greater share of the household total domestic work. We found no evidence that domestic outsourcing reduced feelings of time pressure. We conclude that domestic outsourcing is not effective in ameliorating time pressures or in changing gender dynamics of unpaid work.Keywords Gender division of labor Á Domestic outsourcing Á Housework shares Á Time pressure As women have entered the workforce in greater numbers, it has become harder for families to find time for domestic labor. In dual-earner households, tasks that used to be performed by housewives must now be fitted around the work schedules of both partners. Scholars have noted that time in housework has gone down, largely as a result of women doing less than in times past (Sayer 2005;Bianchi et al. 2000). Notwithstanding, women

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“…The use of OLS has been debated in time use research because of the sometimes large number of zeros in the dependent variables arising when individuals record no time in an activity. Some argue that Tobit models are more appropriate in these circumstances, assuming a latent propensity to do an activity, and that negative values of this propensity are artificially censored at zero in the measure (see for example Sousa-Poza et al, 2001). Others counter that time spent in an activity cannot take values less than zero, that zero values in the dependent variable reflect actual and natural nonparticipation, and that OLS is therefore preferable to Tobit (see for example (Stewart, 2009).…”

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Shared parent–child leisure time in four countries

Craig

Mullan

2012

Leisure Studies

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Sharing leisure experiences is thought to promote family bonding and communication, and foster children's intellectual, social and psychological development. Such time is 'purposive', and requires planning, organisation and maintenance, usually from the mother. Do parents and children spend more time in shared leisure together in countries where mothers do more childcare and spend longer each day with children? Using time use data we compare shared parent-child shared leisure time in four countries with different maternal work-force participation and attitudes to substitute childcare and child-raising: USA, Australia, Denmark and France. We create harmonised measures of leisure time mothers are with children, and time both parents are with children engaging in leisure in the same location (except in the USA, which has information from only one parent). To isolate shared interactive activities, time is further subdivided into (a) watching TV, DVDs or videos with children, (b) non-TV leisure time with children and (c) leisure time with children outside the family home. We find that overall time with children varies substantially between countries, reflecting mothers' average time in paid work, but time in shared parent-child leisure, particularly outside the family home, does not.

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The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland

Cited by 27 publications

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Explaining Gender Differences in Housework Time in Germany

Explaining Gender Differences in Housework Time in Germany

Domestic Outsourcing, Housework Shares and Subjective Time Pressure: Gender Differences in the Correlates of Hiring Help

Shared parent–child leisure time in four countries

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