It has been proposed that the negative association between wives' earnings and their time in housework is due to greater outsourcing of household labor by households with high-earning wives, but this hypothesis has not been tested directly. In a sample of dual-earner married couples in the Consumption and Activities Mail Survey of the Health and…

This article analyzes a decade of qualitative research to identify and explore an overlooked survival strategy used in low-income families: children's family labor. Defined as physical duties, caregiving, and household management responsibilities, childrens' -- most often girls'-- family labor is posited as a critical source of support where low…

Support for a hypothesis of association was found. Husband-wife consensus, as perceived by the wife, was associated with the wife's satisfaction with household organization and with the amount to help received from family members. The age of the oldest child had a significant influence on the wife's satisfaction. (Author)