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Peer reviewedShelton, Beth Anne; John, Daphne – Journal of Family Issues, 1993
Compared time that cohabiting and married women and men spend doing housework. Analysis of data from 1987 National Survey of Families and Households revealed that marital status affected women's household labor time but not men's; married women spent significantly more time on housework than did cohabiting women. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Homemakers, Housework, Marriage
Peer reviewedShelton, Beth Anne – Journal of Family Issues, 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…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Family Structure, Homemakers, Housework
Peer reviewedFirestone, Juanita; Shelton, Beth Anne – Journal of Family Issues, 1988
Examined leisure time expenditures of married women in paid labor force. Found both active and passive leisure activities differentially affected by work. Estimated path model of amount of available leisure time, showing effects of paid labor time, age, children, and household labor time. Estimated that women's responsibilities for employment and…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Homemakers, Housework, Leisure Time
