A sample of 492 children and adolescents analyzed to determine differences in time use shows that males spend more time in leisure activities and less time in household work and personal care than do females. (DM)

Explored attitudes toward the division of fathers' and mothers' participation in childcare/household tasks using data from the Euro-barometer surveys that involved over 10,000 respondents from 13 European countries. Respondents were most likely to hold egalitarian views of household work and childcare when they were younger, female, and…

In a study of sex typing of children's household chores, older women were more likely to reject sex typing in 1953 but less likely to do so than younger women in 1971 and 1976. The pattern of changes reflects a model which predicts generational fluctuations in group behavior. (Author/MJL)

Examines relationships between television viewing and sex-role attitudes and behaviors for 530 fourth and fifth graders from the perspective of cultivation theory. Correlation and regression analyses reveal that television viewing is positively related to children's attitudes toward sex-stereotyped chores. Those who watched more television…