The Distribution of Household Tasks: Does Wife's Employment Status Make a Difference?.

Shelton, Beth Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ414612

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Distribution of Household Tasks: Does Wife's Employment Status Make a Difference?

Shelton, Beth Anne

Journal of Family Issues, v11 n2 p115-35 Jun 1990

Examined relationship between wives' (N=147) employment status and their versus their husbands' (N=154) time spent on household tasks. Compared adjusted mean time that women and men spent in specific household tasks. Found employed women spent less time on female-typed tasks than full-time homemakers. Found husbands' total housework time not affected by wives' employment status. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Employed Women, Family Structure, Homemakers, Housework, Sex Role, Spouses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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