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Ronald Osei Mensah; Andrews Acquah; Daniel Yeboah Mensah – Cogent Education, 2024
The study investigated the home factors affecting the academic performances of girl children in the Dome cluster of schools. A descriptive survey methodology was employed in this research. Through a multistage sample technique, 197 respondents were randomly selected. The primary data for the study were collected using a closed-ended questionnaire…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Junior High School Students, Family Influence
Midgette, Allegra J. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This study explored age-related changes in Chinese and Korean children's fairness judgments and reasoning regarding the gendered division of household labor. The majority of previous research on this issue has focused on adults' experiences and has been conducted in Western countries. Interviews were conducted with 133 children, 65 Chinese and 68…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethics, Gender Differences
Covert, Michelle L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This phenomenological study is about the lived experiences of rural mothers who are pursuing their educational goals via online learning. How and why they negotiate the often conflicting roles of mother and of student in the ways that they do is the primary focus of this research. Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) is used to further…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Rural Areas
Gray, Rossarin Soottipong; Chamratrithirong, Aphichat; Pattaravanich, Umaporn; Prasartkul, Pramote – Social Indicators Research, 2013
This paper explores family and non-family factors contributing to happiness among students aged 15-18 in Thailand. Data come from the Social and Cultural Situation and Mental Health Survey (n = 905). Based on regression analysis, family factors are more important than non- family factors in explaining the variations in adolescents' happiness.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Extracurricular Activities
Walters, Peter; Whitehouse, Gillian – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Unpaid household labor is still predominantly performed by women, despite dramatic increases in female labor force participation over the past 50 years. For this article, interviews with 76 highly skilled women who had returned to the workforce following the birth of children were analyzed to capture reflexive understandings of the balance of paid…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Employed Women, Labor, Housework
Taniguchi, Kyoko – World Journal of Education, 2017
This study identifies individual, family, and school factors associated with student mobility. Specifically, for Grade 5 students, parents alive and school location were associated with transfer. For students in Grade 7, gender differences, levels of achievement, feelings about school, number of household tasks, distance to school, and parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Mobility, Student Characteristics
Sen, Bisakha – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Obesity is epidemic in the United States, and there is an imperative need to identify policy tools that may help fight this epidemic. A recent paper in the economics literature finds an inverse relationship between gasoline prices and obesity risk--suggesting that increased gasoline prices via higher gasoline taxes may have the effect of reducing…
Descriptors: Fuels, Obesity, Physical Activities, Public Health
Moyi, Peter – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of child labor in the world and estimates show that it continues to grow. This paper examines the causes and magnitude of child labor in Kenya. Unlike previous studies that examined child labor as only an economic activity, this paper includes household chores. Including household chores is important…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Incidence, Educational Attainment, Child Labor
Goldberg, Abbie E.; Smith, JuliAnna Z.; Perry-Jenkins, Maureen – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
Little research has investigated the division of child care and housework in adoptive or lesbian/gay parent families, yet these contexts "control for" family characteristics such as biological relatedness and parental gender differences known to be linked to family work. This study examined predictors (measured preadoption) of the division of…
Descriptors: Adoption, Homosexuality, Housework, Family Characteristics
Dagnew, Asrat – African Educational Research Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine determinants of student dropout rate in seven second cycle primary schools situated in Awi Zone. To effectuate this, descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The data were collected via questionnaire and interview from teachers, students who had dropped out of school, school principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Dropout Rate, Teacher Attitudes
Dubeau, Diane; Coutu, Sylvain; Lavigueur, Suzanne – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The relative integration of fathers into the parental unit clearly poses numerous conceptual and methodological challenges despite the considerable progress that has been made in this area. Important social changes that have occurred over a relatively short period of time have resulted in a redefinition of parental roles which supports the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
Gager, Constance T.; Sanchez, Laura A.; Demaris, Alfred – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Children's time use--and specifically the time they spend on household chores--is an important arena for understanding social change. However, few studies accurately depict the multiple factors influencing children's household labor, including parent's and children's available time and parent's levels of work/family stress. We address these gaps…
Descriptors: Social Change, Housework, Employment Level, Family Environment
Tse, Shek Kam; Lam, Raymond Y. H.; Loh, Elizabeth K. Y.; Ip, Olivia K. M.; Lam, Joseph W. I.; Chan, Yiu Man – Chinese Education and Society, 2009
The English reading comprehension ability of 4,352 Grade 4 Hong Kong students was tested. The students' parents completed questionnaires about home factors, including monthly income, language habitually spoken at home, whether the mother was employed, and whether an English-speaking domestic helper resided there. Analyses revealed statistically…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Speech Communication, Employment Level, Mothers

Brody, Charles J.; Steelman, Lala Carr – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985
Tests whether an increase in number of sons in the family decreases the sex-typing of traditionally female tasks and whether an increase in the number of daughters increases sex-typing of traditionally female chores. Examines the reverse pattern for male chores. Results support the hypotheses for the female-specific tasks. (BH)
Descriptors: Children, Family Structure, Housework, Parent Attitudes

Shelton, 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