Time, Money, or Gender? Predictors of the Division of Household Labour Across Life Stages

Horne, Rebecca M.; Johnson, Matthew D.; Galambos, Nancy L.; Krahn, Harvey

doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0832-1

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“…Certainly, these findings do not discount prior research that finds women shoulder a disproportionate responsibility for household tasks (Bianchi et al, 2012;Horne et al, 2018). However, they do trouble the assumption that men are only likely to see family as interfering with work and not the reverse.…”

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The Constant Caregiver: Work–family Spillover among Men and Women in Nursing

Cottingham

Chapman

Erickson

2019

Work, Employment and Society

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Work–family spillover is a central concept in the work and occupations literature, with prior research detailing its negative outcomes and gendered dimensions. With increased demands for careworkers and more men entering occupations such as nursing, we examine experiences and perceptions of spillover using qualitative data from a diverse sample of 48 US nurses. We find similarities across men and women in terms of exhaustion and stress as well as in anticipating spillover in their careers. Yet, we also find some differences, with men (but not women) highlighting the transfer of emotional capital between work and family. We extend work–family research by broadening the concept of spillover to include its anticipation and the transfer of emotional capital – both aspects that have been previously under-examined. These findings have implications for the retention and support of careworkers and refine the concept of spillover in ways that could apply to various employment sectors.

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confidence: 69%

The Constant Caregiver: Work–family Spillover among Men and Women in Nursing

Cottingham

Chapman

Erickson

2019

Work, Employment and Society

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“…Multiple linear regression (OLS) was used, with the couple as the unit of analysis. The dependent variable -as in many other studies of housework division (see, e.g., Domínguez-Folgueras 2013; Horne et al 2017) -is a relative measure, in this case consisting of the percentage share of the couple's total housework performed by the woman. We restricted housework to the socalled core housework tasks, i.e., those that are most gendered, repetitive, and timeconsuming and must be completed on a regular basis: cooking, setting and clearing the table, washing dishes, cleaning the house, doing the laundry and ironing.…”

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Housework division and gender ideology: When do attitudes really matter?

Carriero¹,

Todesco²

2018

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BACKGROUNDAttitudes toward gender roles are one of the factors that have received most attention in the literature on housework division. Nevertheless, egalitarian attitudes often do not match egalitarian domestic behaviors. OBJECTIVEThe paper's central hypothesis is that women's ability to assert their egalitarian beliefs is linked to having sufficient personal resources in economic and cultural terms. METHODSWe use the 2013-2014 Italian time-use survey (N = 7,707 couples) and analyze how relative resources and women's education moderate the relationship between gender ideology and housework division. RESULTSConsistent with our hypothesis, for a woman, the effect of gender ideology is strongest when she earns roughly as much or more than her partner and when she holds a college degree. When the woman's income is lower than the man's, the effect of women's gender ideology is quite small. If the woman does not have a degree, her egalitarian attitudes will not translate into her doing less housework. CONCLUSIONSGender ideology matters, but a solid bargaining position is needed in order to put it into practice. Social policies promoting gender equality in education and the labor market can increase women's capacity for translating egalitarian attitudes into actual behavior. CONTRIBUTIONThis paper's original contribution is in analyzing whether and how relative resources and education influence the effect of gender ideology on the division of housework. Carriero & Todesco: Housework division and gender ideology: When do attitudes really matter? 1040 http://www.demographic-research.orgMoreover, our analysis goes beyond most existing studies in its rare combination of behavior measures collected through a reliable time-use diary procedure and information regarding partners' gender ideology.

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“…The second gender difference relates to the roles men and women assume in heterosexual marriages. According to the gender constructionist theoretical framework, heterosexual marriage remains highly prescriptive about the sexual division of labor within marriages, with men as breadwinners and women as homemakers and caregivers (Horne et al 2018). However, mid-life women need not accept these expectations.…”

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“Once Bitten, Twice Shy? Gender Differences in the Remarriage Decision after a Gray Divorce”

Crowley

2018

Sociological Inquiry

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Gray divorces, or divorces at and over the age of 50, are increasing in the United States. This article explores this population's interest in remarrying after a divorce by sex within the context of a prospective, role exit theoretical framework. In‐depth, qualitative interviews with 40 women and 39 men who have experienced a gray divorce were analyzed using grounded theory methodology. There were significant gender differences with respect to receptivity to remarriage among those who had undergone a gray divorce. More specifically, the most common theme expressed by women involved firmly rejecting remarriage as a part of their futures. The remaining themes articulated by women were conditional pro‐remarriage views and then even less commonly, unconditional pro‐remarriage views. In contrast, the most common theme among men was that they remained very open to remarriage, either unconditionally or under specified conditions; only a small number rejected the prospect entirely. These findings highlight the differences in the remarriage decision from both the female and male perspectives for this population.

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Time, Money, or Gender? Predictors of the Division of Household Labour Across Life Stages

Cited by 141 publications

References 38 publications

The Constant Caregiver: Work–family Spillover among Men and Women in Nursing

The Constant Caregiver: Work–family Spillover among Men and Women in Nursing

Housework division and gender ideology: When do attitudes really matter?

“Once Bitten, Twice Shy? Gender Differences in the Remarriage Decision after a Gray Divorce”

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