The Effects of Work History and Timing of Marriage on the Division of Household Labor: A Life-Course Perspective.

Pittman, Joe F.; Blanchard, David

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ERIC Number: EJ529042

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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The Effects of Work History and Timing of Marriage on the Division of Household Labor: A Life-Course Perspective.

Pittman, Joe F.; Blanchard, David

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v58 n1 p78-90 Feb 1996

First-married couples (n=1,467) interviewed for the National Survey of Families and Households were studied to evaluate how 2 life-course measures, work history and marital timing, predicted the time each spouse spent doing mundane housework. Direct relations were found for each spouse's work history on husbands' contributions to housework. Discusses other findings. (KW)

Descriptors: Adults, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Home Economics Skills, Home Management, Homemakers, Homemaking Skills, Housework, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Spouses

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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