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Peer reviewedBroman, Clifford L. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Examined relationship of family life satisfaction to division of household work between men and women among married Black adults. Found women almost twice as likely as men to feel overworked by household work; people who felt overworked had lower levels of family life satisfaction. Found interactions among family life satisfaction, division of…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Employment Level, Family Life
Peer reviewedSuitor, J. Jill – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1991
Used data from national survey of 741 men and 964 women to examine life-cycle variations in satisfaction with division of household labor and relationship between satisfaction with division of household labor and marital quality. Satisfaction with division of labor was more important in explaining marital happiness and conflict than were age,…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Housework
Peer reviewedDemo, David H.; Acock, Alan C. – Family Relations, 1993
Used data from nationally representative sample (n=2,528) to examine division of household labor in first-marriage families, stepfamilies, families headed by divorced mothers, and families headed by never-married mothers. Findings indicated that, across family types and regardless of women's employment status, women performed two to three times…
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Divorce, Employment Level, Family Structure
