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Title: Determinants of Household and Childcare Task Sharing
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Hiller, Dana V. |
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Determinants of Household and Childcare Task Sharing Presented: [S.L.], American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1980 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Earnings, Wives; Household Demand; Husbands; Sex Roles; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction; Variables, Independent - Covariate; Wives, Income; Wives, Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Competing hypotheses explaining husband/wife division of family work are reviewed. It is argued that these should be subsumed within two key explanations: relative power of spouses, and socialization. In addition, within the socialization explanation, social class phenomena should be distinguished from sex-role ideology. Data from the NLS Mature Women Cohort are used to compare the strength of these explanations in predicting degree of household help and child-care help received by 1,288 wives in 1974. Thirteen independent variables as indexes of relative power and socialization are analyzed. While zero order correlations and regression coefficients are not dramatic in any instance, relative power, as measured by wife's employment and wife's income, is shown to be the dominant explanation for degree of help received with household chores and child care. Minority women also receive more help than white women. Little support is indicated for socialization explanations. |
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Hiller, Dana V. "Determinants of Household and Childcare Task Sharing." Presented: [S.L.], American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1980. |