scholarly journals Do women face a glass ceiling at home? The division of household labor among dual-earner couples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Lichard ◽  
Filip Pertold ◽  
Samuel Škoda
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
At Home

Perceived Housework Equity, Marital Happiness, and Divorce in Dual-Earner Households

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Frisco ◽  
Kristi Williams
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Marital Happiness ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
Division Of Housework ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Relationship

This study uses a nationally representative sample of individuals involved in dual-earner marriages to examine the relationship between perceived fairness of housework completion, marital happiness, and divorce. The authors expected to find that perceived inequality in the division of housework causes tension between spouses that leads to decreased marital quality for both men and women. They further speculated that an unfair division of household labor might contribute to a greater likelihood of divorce. Results indicate that perceived inequity in the division of household labor is negatively associated with both husbands[#X2019] and wives[#X2019]reported marital happiness but is positively associated with the odds of divorce among wives only. Little evidence indicates that marital happiness mediates this relationship. The authors propose that unfair perceptions of the division of household labor not only decrease women[#X2019]s marital quality but also lead to role strain that makes them more likely to end unsatisfying marriages.

The Division of Household Labor in Spanish Dual Earner Couples: Testing Three Theories

Sex Roles ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 515-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salomé Goñi-Legaz ◽  
Andrea Ollo-López ◽  
Alberto Bayo-Moriones
Keyword(s):  
Household Labor ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner

scholarly journals What Contributes to the (Im)Balanced Division of Family Work Between the Sexes?

2009 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Lothaller ◽  
Gerold Mikula ◽  
Dominik Schoebi
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Doing Gender ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Division Of Household Labor ◽  
Dual Earner ◽  
The Family ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
Relative Resources

This study examines a comprehensive set of variables proposed to explain the imbalance in the division of family work between the sexes. The analyses use survey data of 735 dual-earner couples from Austria, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The results support theoretical explanations that refer to time availability, gender ideology, relative resources, and the importance of characteristics of the family system. No support was obtained for the doing-gender perspective. Additional findings suggest that increased consideration of psychological concepts adds to the understanding of why women do more family work than men. The analyses revealed similarities, but also differences between the factors that contribute to the division of household labor and childcare.

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