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Gong, Min – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
This study tests status inconsistency theory by examining the associations between wives' and husbands' relative statuses--that is, earnings, work-time, occupational, and educational inconsistencies--and marital quality and global happiness. The author asks three questions: (a) Is status inconsistency associated with marital quality and overall…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Ideology, Psychological Patterns, Marital Satisfaction
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Aldous, Joan; Mulligan, Gail M.; Bjarnason, Thoroddur – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1998
Examines how much fathers participate in child care and factors related to it. Findings indicate that hours on the job keep some men from active fathering, but if they begin taking care of young children, a continuing pattern is established. Mothers' child-care hours are positively related to fathers' child care, and fathers do more with sons.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Employed Parents, Fathers, Housework