Does Marital Status Make a Differences? Housework among Married and Cohabiting Men and Women.

Shelton, Beth Anne; John, Daphne

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ERIC Number: EJ475403

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Publication Date: 1993

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Does Marital Status Make a Differences? Housework among Married and Cohabiting Men and Women.

Shelton, Beth Anne; John, Daphne

Journal of Family Issues, v14 n3 p401-20 Sep 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, Sex Differences, Spouses

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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