The Division of Family Roles

Traditional sex roles, ethnic integration, marital satisfaction, and psychological distress among Chicanas

“…This is consistent with reports of other researchers (e.g., Hawkes and Taylor, 1975;Perrucci et al, 1978;Ericksen et al, 1979;Baca Zinn, 1980;Huber and Spitze, 1983;Bird et al, 1984). But, women who live in homes with higher numbers of children receive less help from their husbands with housework, although the relationship is not significant.…”

“…This is contradictory to the results of others (e.g., Weller, 1968;Cromwell et al, 1973;Ericksen et al, 1979;Iglehart, 1980;Huber and Spitze, 1983); however, Perrucci et al (1978) Women who receive higher levels of help from their husbands with household chores tend to experience higher levels of marital satisfaction.…”

“…These resources then influence more equitable conditions in the home. After studying married couples in Philadelphia, Ericksen et al (1979) concluded that husbands were more likely to share in housework activities if the wife was employed full-time than if she was only working part-time or not at all. Similarly, Perrucci et al (1978) found that husbands whose wives…”

“…This phenomenon is related to changes that have occurred in people's attitudes toward appropriate roles for women (Molm, 1978;Smith, 1980;Thornton et al, 1983). In addition, employed women have experienced changes regarding traditional household and childcare functions (Ericksen et al, 1979;Ruber and Spitze, 1983),…”

Fathers' caregiving in low-income African–American and Hispanic–American families

“…A few contemporary studies suggest that men in African±American and Hispanic±American families are far from uninvolved in childcare and other domestic chores (Ahmeduzzaman and Roopnarine, 1992;OrtizArchilla, 1992). Researchers have documented that African±American fathers share equally with their wives in decisions about childrearing activities (McAdoo, 1979), are nurturing, loving, and sensitive to their children's needs (McAdoo, 1981), perceive the experience of fatherhood positively and share basic childcare tasks with their wives (Hyde and Texidor, 1988), appear to be accessible and involved with their young children (Ahmeduzzaman and Roopnarine, 1992;Ericksen, Yancey and Ericksen, 1979;Hossain and Roopnarine, 1993), and show egalitarianism in household tasks (Ross, 1987). Moreover, greater economic security strongly influenced the father's caregiving role in these studies (McAdoo, 1988;Roopnarine and Ahmeduzzaman, 1993).…”